Sorry, didn't see your post. No particular post, just lurk a bit here and you'll pick up some facts. Toole's book is usually a good start.Thank you for your answer. This is quite interesting. Do you have a thread you can refer me to, for educational purposes?
1) Smooth power response. Which means 3-way, usually.Let's say I want a wide/forgiving listening area - what would you recommend I look out for?
2) Coaxial speakers so that reflections don't taint the sound too much, even with a significant listening distance.
3) The "speaker axis crossing in front of you" trick, if you have well behaved speakers in dispersion.
Only good towers I know of are the Revel, KEF R/Reference series and maybe Focal Aria/Chorus.Also based on room size, would you recommend tower speakers for my purposes, even if I plan on adding subs?
Too much questions at once. There are some invariant in the answer, though: more than one subwoofer is way better, digital room correction is almost mandatory (Genelec/Neumann have their own system, passive speakers usually rely on stuff like Dirac or Denon Audyssey), speakers should be placed either very near or very far from walls/corners to avoid SBIR (placing them near wall and correcting for boundary gain gives you free LF headroom, don't miss it!).In general it seems like I need to do more research before looking into specific models. Do you know about a comprehensive, research backed guide that covers speaker set up with regards to room size, listening distance, room treatment, subwoofer integration, etc.?
Forgot this: you could try to find some used big Genelec like the fellow here who got vintage 1032As. Or try Behringer's clone (B2031A).
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