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Speaker recommendations for large family room

Hi all,

I'm looking for a little help with speakers for my family room. The room is approximately 20x20 ft with 10 ft ceilings. It's an odd shaped room and I've been trying to figure out a pair of speakers that will sound good in the room.

The speakers will be along a wall that has an opening to another room on the left, a fireplace left of center and the tv to the right of the fireplace. Between the fireplace and the right wall is about 9 feet. I currently have a pair of Linn Katans along that wall, one to the left of the tv on the fireplace hearth and the other about three feet from the right wall. The speakers are backed up pretty close to the wall. Seating is about 11 ft back from the speakers.

The Linns are great speakers but sound thin on bass and kind of get lost in the room. I'm looking for some monitors that can be backed up to the wall and have more bass presence.

The rest of the system is Linn but I'm thinking about moving things around and using an Oppo BDP-93, Benchmark Dac and an integrated to be determined. Budget for the speakers is $500-1000.

I'm sure the room dimensions and placement are a big part of the issue, but I'm pretty limited to the current layout.

Thanks in advance for any suggestions.

bmdduck
bmdduck
bmdduck OP
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Thanks for the subwoofer recommendations, I will do a little research on them. Phasecorrect, your comments on the strengths of monitors being lost close to the wall got me thinking about playing around with placement. Maybe I could move the speakers out from the wall for more "serious" listening and see if it helps.

I recently saw an original M&K Volkswoofer on Craigslist. Are M&Ks worth considering?

Ebm: I bet the Magicos are wonderful, but my budget is under $1K, not $16k. I need to look for a new job:)
jrinkerptdnet
426 posts
 
the Guru 10 is designed for placement near or against the wall and is reputed to have good bass (I have not heard them) ... a classic speaker i HAVE heard placed against a wall that sounds AMAZING is the EPI 20+ ... not many of them on the market though I would guess. The Direct Acoustics Silent Speaker is designed by the same man as the EPI and has gotten excellent reviews. I have not heard that model though
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phasecorrect
2,013 posts
 
Just trying to help!...never heard the Linns...but Linn anything is always considered quality...I'm a big placement guy...that alone would improve 90% of systems...maybe others can chime in about room treatment, sub implementation, etc...it never ends!....haha
johnnyb53
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Audio Advisor has a sale on the MartinLogan Descent through Sunday. The sale price is a bit over your budget, but we're talking about a 3-driver $2200 sub marked down to within striking distance. I've found the higher end MartinLogan subs to be *really* good. Given that they're made to blend with electrostatics, they're fast enough to blend with just about anything. I'd love one of these for my Maggies, because you can pick really low crossover points (as low as 30 Hz) and two selectable high pass frequencies for the mains (40 or 70 Hz).
mihorn
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The current introductory sale price of Mt. Rainier speakers is well in your budget. Rainier is more directional speaker and less dependent to a room acoustics. So, "the opening to another room on the left" will not be problem. 20x20x10 is a perfect size for Mt. Rainier speakers to sing.
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Alex / Wavetouch
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