Hi everyone,
this is my first post on the forums, I hope not to screw anything up
I'm looking for some tips because I'm about to buy a pair of floorstanding speakers for a little room (3 m x 4 m which is more or less 10 ft x 13 ft, sorry about the metrics, I'm italian).
This room has plenty of furniture: an upright piano, heavy curtains, two 3-seat sofas, 1 small table in the middle of the room, another bigger table on a side of the room, a carpet that covers almost all the floor and a little library, so acoustics should not be a problem.
Despite this, positioning the speaker is a problem indeed, because the only good spot to place them is at the piano's sides, on the longer side of the room.
The listening position will be at 3 meters (10 ft) from the speakers with those standing 20 cm (0,65 ft) away from the back wall and 80 cm (2,5 ft) from the side walls.
I fear that the small distance from the walls can be a bit of trouble for floorstanders.
My equipment is an Asus eeeBox as a primary source, USB connected to an Audio-GD NFB-2 (modded with a DIR9001 chip) straight into my Rotel RA04-SE.
I was looking forward the Mordaunt Short Aviano 6 as floorstanders mainly because I am a detail maniac and love revealing speakers (I have a pair of Wharfedale Diamond 10.1 and I'm in love with them) and I found a good ex-demo offer here in italy at 600€ (530£) shipping included, but I'm more than willing to change my mind.
Bookshelf or standmount speakers are not a valid alternative as I already have them and want to try the sound of a good floorstanding speaker.
The budget for the speakers is 900£.
Thanks in advance
P.S.: some of you may be thinking "why doesn't this italian just post in italian forums so he doesn't have to mess with different metrics, currency and all that jazz?". I've always followed this website and the forums and I think that they are great and unbiased.
Reviewers are pro and people in the community really know and cares about hi-fi.
That's why I'm posting here
this is my first post on the forums, I hope not to screw anything up
I'm looking for some tips because I'm about to buy a pair of floorstanding speakers for a little room (3 m x 4 m which is more or less 10 ft x 13 ft, sorry about the metrics, I'm italian).
This room has plenty of furniture: an upright piano, heavy curtains, two 3-seat sofas, 1 small table in the middle of the room, another bigger table on a side of the room, a carpet that covers almost all the floor and a little library, so acoustics should not be a problem.
Despite this, positioning the speaker is a problem indeed, because the only good spot to place them is at the piano's sides, on the longer side of the room.
The listening position will be at 3 meters (10 ft) from the speakers with those standing 20 cm (0,65 ft) away from the back wall and 80 cm (2,5 ft) from the side walls.
I fear that the small distance from the walls can be a bit of trouble for floorstanders.
My equipment is an Asus eeeBox as a primary source, USB connected to an Audio-GD NFB-2 (modded with a DIR9001 chip) straight into my Rotel RA04-SE.
I was looking forward the Mordaunt Short Aviano 6 as floorstanders mainly because I am a detail maniac and love revealing speakers (I have a pair of Wharfedale Diamond 10.1 and I'm in love with them) and I found a good ex-demo offer here in italy at 600€ (530£) shipping included, but I'm more than willing to change my mind.
Bookshelf or standmount speakers are not a valid alternative as I already have them and want to try the sound of a good floorstanding speaker.
The budget for the speakers is 900£.
Thanks in advance
P.S.: some of you may be thinking "why doesn't this italian just post in italian forums so he doesn't have to mess with different metrics, currency and all that jazz?". I've always followed this website and the forums and I think that they are great and unbiased.
Reviewers are pro and people in the community really know and cares about hi-fi.
That's why I'm posting here