Sometimes Less is More?

"Hard to argue with that one....."

I'm sure someone here would.

I've always tried to keep my system as simple as possible. When the speaker fits the room, you've got very little to worry about. The speaker/room interface is critical IMO.

I had a jackass dealer try to sell me Revel Concerta F15 (I think, the one with three 8" drivers) for a 10x15 room. When I told him they were too big for that space, he rolled his eyes and said there's no such thing as speakers being too big, just turn the volume down. He then brought me over to see Maggies. I kid you not. I said "thanks for your time" and walked out.

"When I told him they were too big for that space, he rolled his eyes and said there's no such thing as speakers being too big, just turn the volume down."

Did he try to sell you a Hummer next?

Revel F15 is that a new model? The F12 with two little 8" woofers work fine in a small room. Heard them once in the smallest show room I've been in, great sound for a mini system.

Tmsorosk,

They were the F12. I stayed away because my PSB Image T55s with two 5.25" drivers were overpowering my room. The F12 would have been a disaster. I could only imagine that at the room you heard the F12s in was well treated. I wouldn't have been able to hang up too many treatments in the room I had due to many reasons. Taking the F12s out of the equation all together, there's no way Maggies would have ever worked, except maybe the MMG. The guy was just a douche for many reasons, not just that one.

Mapman,

Funny you should mention a Hummer. After I left the shop, I couldn't help but think it was like asking to test drive a Porsche Boxster, and the dealer telling me I wanted a Hummer instead, even after explaining why I wanted a small car.

Kbark. I don't think the size of the low frequency drivers are the only thing to consider when your choosing a speaker for a small room. When we were having our new house built, I had to temporarily setup my system in a tiny untreated room, including some fairly large Revel Salon one's. These speakers are well known for there neutral nature, Many of my audiophile friends laughed on sight, but stopped laughing when they heard the sound. Only on disc's with over abundant bass was there a problem and leaving a door open to the room helped there. Many of the smaller speakers I've owned were voiced to have big bass but we all know by now how that works out.