Loudspeaker and Room size?

Posted by: Reto D on 19 January 2004

My listening room measures about 25 m2 (height: a little more than 2m). My system consists of CDX (aiming for CDS3), XPS, NAC252, NAP 250 (aiming for a 300) and a Proac Response 2.5.

Though I'm expecting that above system (at least the one I'm aiming for) can drive more or less every loudspeaker available (I'm especially thinking of one of the bigger ProAcs, I'm not sure about possible room restrictions).

Did anybody of you experience that room size can be the limitation factor (something like the weakest link)? Maybe I could be using different damping material to optimise...

Or is the ability of playing larger loudspeakers more a question of the amplifier one is using rather than room size?

Cheers

Reto

Posted on: 21 January 2004 by Arthur Bye

Reto wrote:

quote:
Maybe ProAcs new D-series might just solve your bass problems.

Reto: I really have not paid attention to the newer D series of ProAcs. How do they differ from the older ProAcs?

It seems to me that they are still ported. That is likely my biggest problem. Do they offer some method for ameliorating bass boom other than a port bung?

Arthur Bye

Posted on: 21 January 2004 by graphoman

“going active would require major surgery”
Well it’s an explanation. So it was multi-amping and not going active what you were speaking about. I thought you are against of active. In my situation, active is out of sight, I’m only platonically interested. But Isobarik owners used to be protagonists of active.

graphoman

Posted on: 21 January 2004 by Reto D

Arthur,

All I can say is what my dealer and others told me that the new D-series is less critical reg. positioning (there's a new approach to deeper bass departement). Unfortunately I cannot comment the technical aspect of that changes (see proac-loudspeakers.com, that might help).
As far as I know the sensitivity of the speakers has changed quite a lot. Probably they are easier to drive now.

Reto

Posted on: 22 January 2004 by garth

I think there are way too many variables to come up with any credible generalizations. Dimensions, building materials, furniture, recordings, volume, personal taste, and the specific speakers, all play a role.

Garth