is it possible for 2 tower speakers to sound good in a room that is 10x10? the room is carpeted with 7' ceiling. there would be nothing in the room but a stand holding the gear and the 2 towers, along with a single chair against the back wall.
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Originally Posted by rayray8 /forum/post/18228138
is it possible for 2 tower speakers to sound good in a room that is 10x10? the room is carpeted with 7' ceiling. there would be nothing in the room but a stand holding the gear and the 2 towers, along with a single chair against the back wall.
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Originally Posted by hd_newbie /forum/post/18229967
Your room shape is a nightmare for low frequency response. You will be required to use separate subwoofers if you want to have any chance of having somewhat decent bass response. 2 channel will not work. You are looking at a 2.1 or 2.2 system.
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Originally Posted by rayray8 /forum/post/18229953
thanks for the help. the speakers are Focal 716v's. i will probably have to find a new location in my finished basement because at this time i cannot add any room treatments because the house is for sale. im just looking for a temporary place right now so i can listen to my music. had to move everything out of my family room to make it look bigger for potential home buyers lol.
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Originally Posted by TurboFC3S /forum/post/18230036
That's not the case, small rooms have nodes up in the 60hz range and should be pretty much ripple free below that. You'll get a fair amount of room gain, but it will be predictable and even.
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Originally Posted by TurboFC3S /forum/post/18230068
And I wouldn't use subs at all, too much bass will be your problem ... not the other way around.
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Originally Posted by hd_newbie /forum/post/18230517
Do you realize that his room is almost cubic? Do you not consider that problematic?
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Originally Posted by TurboFC3S /forum/post/18230068
Hmm, thost are 2.5 ways. They're going to sound way too bass heavy in the setup you describe, just too much boundary gain. And the problem with boundary gain is that it goes way up into the vocal range too, so likely male vocals will sound thick and slow ... muddy sounding.
Plenty of bass traps as I describe above, and keeping your head and the speakers away from walls will help, but it'll be hard to get the balance where it should be. Still if you do what I said above, I bet you can make it pretty decent. And I wouldn't use subs at all, too much bass will be your problem ... not the other way around.
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Originally Posted by hd_newbie /forum/post/18230535
You don't use subs to increase bass output, but to improve LFE response.
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Originally Posted by Joe Skubinski /forum/post/18230672
You could try plugging the ports with something like thick foam (try not to use anything that will fall in the port). That should raise the low freq cutoff enough on those speakers to help in that room and reduce boom a bit until you move. Also, try placing the speakers on a diagonal or offset in the room rather than both against the same wall.![]()