Hi,
Looking for some advice in making a decision around what speakers to choose as FL and FR.
The use will be roughly 50-50 between music in an odd shaped open space (500cm x 900cm x 410cm).
I attached a diagram that should help.
Some constrains I'm working with:
- no subwoofers
- speakers placed only 20cm away from the front wall, 50cm from the side walls
- room has no treatment except for a rug and a large sofa if they can be called treatment. glass wall on one of the sides as well
- will integrate DSP through Dirac Live
- budget is around 10k EUR
After lots of reading, I kinda "narrowed" it down to these options, but open to other suggestions as well:
Thoughts? Which one do you think will work better in this context?
Unfortunately I can only audition the Kefs and the 803D3 before buying and only in the showroom, not in the actual room.
Much appreciated,
Alex.
Looking for some advice in making a decision around what speakers to choose as FL and FR.
The use will be roughly 50-50 between music in an odd shaped open space (500cm x 900cm x 410cm).
I attached a diagram that should help.
Some constrains I'm working with:
- no subwoofers
- speakers placed only 20cm away from the front wall, 50cm from the side walls
- room has no treatment except for a rug and a large sofa if they can be called treatment. glass wall on one of the sides as well
- will integrate DSP through Dirac Live
- budget is around 10k EUR
After lots of reading, I kinda "narrowed" it down to these options, but open to other suggestions as well:
- JBL S3900 ex demo
- +the 2x10" woofers should do a good job of filling the big room volume
- no center channel equivalent, but will probably match well with HDI4500
- -rear ported, might get tricky in the bass region, even with DSP
- Kef Reference 3 ex demo or KEF R11 new
- +narrow(er) directivity will probably help with the shape of the room
- -rear ported, might get tricky in the bass region, even with DSP
- -might not extend low enough for movie use
- B&W 803D3 ex demo
- -i keep reading that their upper end is not friendly at all with live rooms. potentially too harsh/bright
- Revel F228Be new
- +front ported
- +excellent measurements
Thoughts? Which one do you think will work better in this context?
Unfortunately I can only audition the Kefs and the 803D3 before buying and only in the showroom, not in the actual room.
Much appreciated,
Alex.