I have a small room (10' x 12') and I want to get a good set of speakers for
it. Right now I have a set of computer speakers (2 sats/sub configuration)
and they sound good for what they are, but they don't really fill the room.
My bed is at the end of the room, so all the music sounds like it's coming
from the right side when I am in bed. I position the speakers so that
they're centered around me when I'm at my desk. There is also a lot of crap
in the room, which will absorb the sound.

Anyone have any suggestions? Is it possible to get some "high end" sound
with low power requirements for cheap? Most of the stuff that is "high end"
seems to be overpowered for this room.

I've read that some people like surround speakers for music because they
fill the room better. Should I get a 4 or 5 speaker system and position
them around the room?

MB

I would suggest looking at the smallest Martin Logan speakers.

He SAID he had a small room, dickweed.

Rather than waste his money on some audiophool product that will send
his amp into oscillations at high frequencies and blow up the amp, he
should get something good like a Bose AcoustiMass 15 II system. And
he's got to have an electrical outlet for each Martin Logan to plug in
to - Do you think he wants all these wires running around in his room?

The Bose AcoustiMass 15 II speakers sound equally great in a small room
and are an easy load for any amp or receiver to drive.

The Big Cheese

S888Wheel wrote:

I would suggest looking at the smallest Martin Logan speakers.

On Tue, 16 Dec 2003 09:31:45 -0500, The Big Cheese
wrote:

He SAID he had a small room, dickweed.

Rather than waste his money on some audiophool product that will send
his amp into oscillations at high frequencies and blow up the amp, he
should get something good like a Bose AcoustiMass 15 II system. And
he's got to have an electrical outlet for each Martin Logan to plug in
to - Do you think he wants all these wires running around in his room?

The Bose AcoustiMass 15 II speakers sound equally great in a small room
and are an easy load for any amp or receiver to drive.

Hey Bert, shoudn't you be cleaning a gun or something?

The Big Cheese

S888Wheel wrote:

I would suggest looking at the smallest Martin Logan speakers.

The Big Cheese wrote:

(snip drivel)


Another poster with more intelligence posted:

I would suggest looking at the smallest Martin Logan speakers.

These are superb choices. Their hybrid planar speakers are not
electrostatics, but do sound much better than most conventional
speakers. 5 ohms as well. I spoke last spring to one of their
marketing people who was in my favorite audio shop that day.

The said it was designed with an $800 consumer 6 ohm capable
amplifier in mind. I pestered him some more and correctly guessed,
which he verified, that it was designed with a Denon 3802 during
the testing phases. He then showed me an impedance graph and it
was nearly flat at 5-6 ohms. I asked him and he said that most
6 ohm speakers dip to 4 or 3 ohms at their lowest impedance and
any good 6 ohm amplifier will be capable of dealing with this, so
a nearly flat 5 ohm impedance is easy by comparison.

http://www.martinloganowners.com/ - a great online group and
information place. The model in question is the Mosaic. They
also make a slightly smaller Montage, but the Mosaic has a planar
midrange as well, which is a night and day improvement.

So who the hell is Bert?

Is he the guy who used to give you swirlies in feces-filled toilets in
high school? And you got the name "****head" then?

Ever drink shooters out of a .50 cal shell casing?

The Big Cheese

dave weil whimpers:

Hey Bert, shoudn't you be cleaning a gun or something?

On Wed, 17 Dec 2003 22:31:18 -0500, The Big Cheese
wrote:

So who the hell is Bert?

Isn't your name Bert?

Is he the guy who used to give you swirlies in feces-filled toilets in
high school? And you got the name "****head" then?

Ever drink shooters out of a .50 cal shell casing?

No, just used to hurl shells out of them. And police them up
afterwards.

The Big Cheese

dave weil whimpers:

Hey Bert, shoudn't you be cleaning a gun or something?

From: "Moosebumps" ense

I have a small room (10' x 12') and I want to get a good set of speakers for
it.

Paradigm Atoms or Studio 20s, depending on $ and placement. I use the Atoms on
actual bookshelves in my BR and love them. I use this system more than the one
in my LR, which has Spendors.

I would also listen to some PSB speakers at your price point. If you need the
rest of a system, you can buy a pair of PSBs, plus NAD's BEE integrated amp and
CD player, for not a lot of money, at the same dealer.

I don't know anything about Bose except how much I hated their Wave Radio/CD
Player. It was all bass. Couldn't believe how bad it was, after years of
reading their advertising and direct-mail hyperbole. If everything Bose makes
is as bad as that CD player/radio, then you are well advised to avoid the brand
at all costs.