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Speaker Help Please: Floorstanders around $1Ok to fill very large space with no sub

Hi Gang, haven’t posted in here in years...
A great friend of mine is going through major remodel and looking for 2 large floor standing speakers to fill a great room 38’ long x 20’ wide with a celling that slopes in one direction from 15’-8’. so about 7200 cubic feet. 
He is very serious about music. Used to book bands. He listens to a lot of New Orleans groove-based music and Americana. His wife loves female singers, like Brandi Carlisle.
My main advise to him is, since he/his wife don’t want a sub, they will need speakers with sufficient low end.
Haven’t thought too much about amp yet.

He will also use the system for 2 channel home theater watching.
Thanks for any suggestions

bigasscab
winoguy17
1,324 posts
 

 Used :  Legacy Focus SE

rcprince
3,100 posts
 

Does your friend want to sit in a sweet spot or to have speakers that he can listen to while moving around or sitting off to the side?  And is he willing to bring them out into the room, or do they have to be placed near walls?   I would suggest something like the mlb 101Es (used, unless he has a lot of money) if he doesn't need the last octave of bass (below 32 hz), can bring them out a little into the room and wants something he can listen to off axis.  Of course, he'd need to spend a bit on amplification for them too.  Otherwise, you're getting a lot of good suggestions here.

cdennison53
22 posts
 

Try the Goldenear Triton reference speakers. They are very good and play loud enough to fill up a large room.  They include built in subs that can play way down.

willy-t
206 posts
 

I would recommend a broad dispersion speaker like the Focal Kanta 2 or 3

You  can pick these up now for about 60%of the original retail 

Relatively small footprint but big sound 

Good luck on your hunt 

jimijam
94 posts
 

Look into old school ESS AMT MONITOR or ACOUSTIC RESEARCH AR-9 both will fill most large rooms

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