Ok, so my room is acoustic hell. The speakers have to be on the short wall, with a couch between and hard against the wall on one side, there is sheet glass on three sides and it is connected to the rest of the house via an open plan stairwell. About 25m2.
Looking for speaker help! Currently running three-way small floorstanders (Image Troubadours for anyone familiar with Aussie and NZ brands) and they are boomy and the balance is skewed towards the speaker that is against the wall.
Despite all of this is still sounds ok but I have an opportunity to change my speakers so looking for advice on options that would be more or less placement agnostic. Up to about $2k US (or about 1500 quid in old money). ($4000 NZD max).
Currently thinking maybe Rega Rx3 or Spendor A2/4, or maybe some Fynesā¦ what does the hive mind think?
Iād agree with Andy and look at some low cost room treatment first, there are plenty of cheap DIY points to start with. Iāve recently done this in my listening room.
As others have indicated, with the room the problem any speakers will be a compromise and problems will still exist. Better to first of all rethink tge room - is there REALLY no alternative layout? (How important is it for music to sound good?). No alternative room? Room treatment may help. But if constraints are too many then perhaps consider headphones for whenever you want good quality, and put up with what you have for unimportant background listening.
Firstly, turn the heating down, itāll give you a chance to think!
What are the dimensions of the room, a diagram would help considerably.
Next advice is to get a calibrated instrumentation mic (such as a DSP UMIK) and a copy of REW and analyse the acoustics of the room to see whatās really going on (I and other here can help with the interpretation).
My immediate thought is measure the room with REW and try and get a feel for what the acoustics of the room are. It may be that DSP is your best friend.
That said, I spent some time trying to work out some acoustic problems and found the solution to be SBLs, but the only way to know if a speakers can solve your issue is to try it in the room.
Are your dealers friendly enough to send you the boxes to try if you cover the shipping?
dealer is happy to let me take whatever speakers they have home to trial so no issues there. Options via them are Rega, totem Fyne and Focal, there is also another dealer locally that I can borrow Spendors and MA from so plenty of choices.
There is a guy selling some Ohm Walsh speakers, I have never heard them but they are apparently not fussy about placement and get some good reviews. $3999. Can be found on Trade Me.
I am wondering why a little padlock has appeared on my previous post with the message: āa staff member has locked this post from being editedā Did I do something wrong???
