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Recommend speakers for a large living room

Hi, I am moving to a new apartment with a large living room (38" x 23", plus a dining area & kitchen). I am planning to have 2 different sitting areas given the size. Here is a picture of the floor-plan: https://ibb.co/J5szvj9

Everything is wood floors except on the blue squares where I plan to put carpet. I’ve been thinking of using omni-directional speakers (German Physiks Borderland) given the area is large and there are multiple listening locations. But I’d like to get some recommendations & also some ideas of where it would be best to place the speakers - so far my idea is to put them on the red circles.

My budget for speakers is ~$50,000.

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miketee
26 posts
 
https://www.muraudio.com/sp1 

I heard these Hybrid Electrostatics at AXPONA and they were excellent. With curved panels, dispersion and imaging were magnificent.  As I recall, they were well under your maximum.  Low WAF if I had to guess but the sound may just override that resistance, if you face that problem. 
janewyman
80 posts
 
You owe it to yourself to at least audition Vandersteen 7 ii's.  After listening to them, you may find a way to come up with a way to defray the cost of the balance between your budget and the actual cost of the 7's.
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gavman
133 posts
 
Focal Stella Utopias with Boulder amplification.
I have a large, difficult room and they fill it effortlessly. I am part of a soundsystem and domestically i require a powerful, but unfatiguing, musical sound with excellent PRaT, but also with texture and intimacy
The only alternative i might consider would be dipoles.
 Ime JBL's can be fatiguing
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atmasphere
11,577 posts
 
For something that size you'll need speakers that are easy to drive!
arion1
39 posts
 
Sam Laufer's new line array speaker (The Note) is a good candidate. It is not an OB design. It does require subs. I believe he is still in Brooklyn so not far from you. 

There is lots of tasteful room treatment available. I would strongly recommend consulting with a professional in this area. The room doesn't have to look like a sound studio to be treated. 

We design and manufacture dipole line source speaker systems and know about room integration challenges. A true line source is worth considering. Call Sam and ask about The Note. I have no affiliation with Sam or his company.


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