how much space for Proac studio 140 (Mk1)

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A room is 16.5 x 13 feet large. Are these speakers to large or they may feet to a room of this size? What distance from the raer wall is needed in order to avoid boomy bas?

Best regards

 

[Frank Harvey]

Like any speaker, the further away from a wall it is, the less it is affected by a room boundary, and will produce a more even bass response. How far will vary from speaker to speaker, and the room itself is also a factor. Some rooms, a speaker might need a couple of feet, in another, only half a foot. The good thing about the Studio 140.2's is that they're downward firing, so this helps quite a lot. I know someone who's using his D28's about half a foot from his solid rear wall, and the D28 isn't exactly bass light!

Do you have a solid floor, or is it a suspended floor? Is the wall behind where the speaker would go, a solid brick wall, or a stud/partition wall?

 

[Anonymous]

each wall is made of reinforced concret, including floor..

 

[Frank Harvey]

Unless you have a lot of thick furnishings, your Walls and floor are going to reflect any bass energy back into the room. The ProAc's will probably deal with this a little better because of their porting arrangement. I'm afraid it'll be a case of trying it and see what happens.

 

[Anonymous]

thanks Frank.. the best way to figer it out is to demo thoes 140s at home, but demo room (second hand) is some 30-40% larger than mine...hard to get a real impression how less space would affect the sound quality.

 

[Frank Harvey]

David :bigsmile:

 

[Anonymous]

ups, sorry David

 

[Frank Harvey]

🙂

 

[Macspur]

Hi,

I have a pair of ProAc 130's in a room 13ft by 8ft with a false wall behind and a large picture window behind my listening position and I love the sound I get.

Sugden A21L amp, Naim CD5XS CDP, Chord Cobra3 I.C. ProAc Studio 130 speakers

 

[Frank Harvey]

Partition walls behind speakers don't normally pose many problems - in fact, they usually help.