I am upgrading my hi-fi kit and wandering if I could have floorstanders in my lounge, not sure if the room is too small or not? Dimensions or 3.1m x 5.2m. Opinions please as off to trial some speakers soon! :dance:
I would suggest you scrap the aviano 6 and go for the mezzo 6 instead, I heard them both and always preffered the Mezzos. A demo would be nice with cyrus kit as it might provoke the mezzos into brightness.bluesurf9 said:My Budget is approx £400. Am considering Mourdant Short Aviano 6, Q Acoustics 2050i Floorstanders or B&W 685 standmounts so far ...and open for suggestions for anything else or if any of these shoudl be scrubbed off I have a Cyrus 6xpd amp and a Sonos Connect for my music.
Thompsonuxb said:There is a myth about stand mounters taking up less space than floorstanders - many stand mounters stand over 17cm wide and go back about 30cm or so, on a pair of stands standing 50cm or so most stand mounters on ...er...stands actually take up more space then many a slim floorstandstander many of which stand less then a metre tall - also the base on most stands is generally larger than alot of floorstanders footprint.
depending on your amp - if it has tone controls or not - should be the main factor for speaker choice. Bass boom can always be controlled by reducing the bass level - its only when you see these standmounts on stands in a normal room you see how big the speaker/ stand package is.
BigH said:Thompsonuxb said:There is a myth about stand mounters taking up less space than floorstanders - many stand mounters stand over 17cm wide and go back about 30cm or so, on a pair of stands standing 50cm or so most stand mounters on ...er...stands actually take up more space then many a slim floorstandstander many of which stand less then a metre tall - also the base on most stands is generally larger than alot of floorstanders footprint.
depending on your amp - if it has tone controls or not - should be the main factor for speaker choice. Bass boom can always be controlled by reducing the bass level - its only when you see these standmounts on stands in a normal room you see how big the speaker/ stand package is.
Its not the space they take up its the space they need to not sound boomy. And just think what sort of speakers/crossovers will have in a £500 floorstander when the cabinets/bracing will cost far more than a standmount.
tomlinscote said:Speaker kit??? More info please, I made my own speakers some 16 years ago using an old wardrobe some one was throwing out, have replaced all 4 drivers (2 way design) once in that time but even fed from a 20yr old donated Trio amp they still sound good though relegated to kitchen duty now!
Any info on a new kit would be welcome.
Tommo
12Designs said:Room acoustics is everything!! Try and audition some speakers at home.
In a small room bookshelf speakers are best because floorstanders can sound boomey, I know this because the front room in our new house is smaller then in our old place and my system sounds well below par. It's the speakers.
Personally I'm going to purchase a speaker kit and build my own but if I had your budget I would consider the following:
EB Acoustics EB1 (you can get these on a 30 day home trial)
Acoustic Energy 301
Q Acoustics Concept 20
Good luck