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Crazy question. Lets say that you have owned Klipschorns for the last 20 years and that you will never sell them. You have a room though that is fairly large (17.5'w x 26'L x 9' H) and your are thinking that it's time to add another set of speakers in the room; something entirely different, just for fun, just to switch around too on ocassion... The KHorns are in the corners so they are pretty much out of the way.... You're a tube-a-phile with a Hovland HP-100, and a set of VTL 125's MB with EL34's. You have a very nice table; an Aries 3 with a DV507 MKII arm...

What speakers would you add into the room? Of course they cannot be too HUGE because most likley they would be moved out of the sound field when listening to the Khorns. Got any ideas?

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viridian
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Putting two sets of speakers in one room is usually problematic, as the undriven pair acts as passive radiators, diminishing the clarity of the sound. That is why the best dealers do SSD or single speaker demonstrations, actually moving the pair under evaluation into the sound room devoid of any other speakers.
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viridian
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Xiekitchen, I believe that my statement, "diminishing the clarity of the sound" is accurate and concise. Perhaps, "adding a chocolate syrup coloration to the lower midrange and disturbing image specificity due to the perturbations in phase relationships" would be a more appropriate description for those of an audiophile bent on this site.

But seriously, why not just take four pairs of speakers out of your room and listen for yourself? The old adage always holds, if you can't hear it, it doesn't exist - for you anyway. The physics of the thing cannot be in dispute, however. The undriven cones are going to respond to stimulation from the sound waves produced by the driven speaker. Flap in the breeze, as it were.
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