Looking for speakers in a large vaulted great room
I have a large great room that we are building that will have the dining room in between the great room and the kitchen. The 2 rooms combined will be about 21’ wide by 30’ long to the edge of the kitchen. The room is vaulted, and will have a wall of glass, sliding glass doors and windows on one side leading to the outside. Needless to say this is not an ideal listening room, but I would like to have some speakers that fill the space with music. I am not trying to do surround sound, just 2 channel from one end, opposite the kitchen. There will be a fireplace at that end, and I could do floor speakers or bookshelf, although there will be a window on either side of the fireplace, so the bookshelf speaker would have to sit on top of a built in-cabinet below the windows. Not looking to add anything to the walls, trying to make the room an enjoyable space with great sounding music. Willing to look at used speakers as well. Any thoughts?
@akg_ca I googled them and they are way out of my price range. I would love to hear them though. @doyle3433 I will call and talk to him, although I think these too are out of my price range, unless I found some used. @kymanor1 the Cornwalls have been recommended several times, thanks, and I’ll look into the Wilson’s |
BMW 802's - am I wrong? Nope... You can get used 802's for a near reasonable price and they present a soundstage that is great. Just saying. You do need the right amplification for them, i.e. plenty of current, but if you do they sound great. 801's are better, however, the price point is higher, but the base is much better. There are plenty of alternatives, obviously. Thanks, |
Thanks @norge0517 I have a pair of B&W bookshelf speakers now. @kennyc not familiar with Larsen, but sounds promising as well. |
Believe it or not, you can actually fill the space with quality sound bookshelves: with the Boenicke W5s on stands. However to paraphrase the adage adapted for subs, you can go for small, cheap and deep, but only 2 out of the 3. Here you can get small and audiophile, but it’s expensive. Not just the speakers themselves but amplification: they need ginourmous power (more specifically current) to drive them in a space like that. But a reasonable option there is Parasound… |
