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Looking at speakers for my living room. I currently use Magnepan 3.5s crossed over over to a Rythmik F15HP, which I love, but am trying to find something a bit smaller (getting older and tired of hearing how big my speakers are from my significant other). I purchased a pair of Salk Sound 3s and the short is they and my room don't mix. You can read about that here:
https://www.audiosciencereview.com/...room-issues-cross-posted-at-avs-forums.10540/
Since then, I have played with the Salks a bit more, including using them with a lot of extra absorption in the room (had an extra sofa and loveseat when furniture was being moved around). The bottom line is that the Salks just don't have the warm bit of extra midbass that I like and the midrange is not working for me.
A few years ago when having my Maggies rebuilt, I purchased a pair of Revel F36s which I used to fill in while they were gone. I found them to sound good in the room. The only thing they were lacking was what I would call transparency, they sounded a bit veiled compared to the Maggies, not sure if was just a bit more distortion, or something else. In the end I kept the Maggies and sold the F36s.
I am now circling back to Revel and considering the F206 v. F208. I think these may get me the extra transparency I want, with a similar sonic signature to the F36. Where I get concerned with the F206 is in what I would call midbass slam and spl capability. While I don't listen at extremely loud levels, they do get turned up once in a while where get peaks close to 100db. They will be high passed at 80hz, so I am unsure if there will be any practical difference with the F206 and F208. My room is large by volume, (approximately 6000 cubic feet (170 cubic meters for the rest of the world) and open to other rooms.
I am also eyeballing some dynaudios. I use X12s on my desktop system with a Rythmik L12 and love them. They are a bit fat sounding but transparent (I have equalized in Room to deal with bass modes so am +-4 db below 200hz). I am eyeballing the discontinued Excite X44, Evoke 50, and Contour 30. I know that is a bit of a variance in price range, but all the speakers I am looking at would be used, unless I could find a good deal new (I keep seeing people say that Revel can be purchased discounted, but cannot figure out where).
My concern with the Dynaudios is the use of low order crossovers and the associated lobing and narrow vertical listening range. This isn't an issue on my desktop as the listening position is basically locked in. In the living room, I prefer more flexibility, as sometimes we do things like dance and party. With the Maggies, they are tall enough, their sound doesn't change from sitting to standing. Years ago I used a pair of Vandersteen Signature 3As in the room and loved them, but they were extremely sensitive to listening position (like a couple of inches of movement while listening affected the sound) and that did them in for me in the end.
Thoughts, suggestions, experience, and even some criticism are appreciated.
https://www.audiosciencereview.com/...room-issues-cross-posted-at-avs-forums.10540/
Since then, I have played with the Salks a bit more, including using them with a lot of extra absorption in the room (had an extra sofa and loveseat when furniture was being moved around). The bottom line is that the Salks just don't have the warm bit of extra midbass that I like and the midrange is not working for me.
A few years ago when having my Maggies rebuilt, I purchased a pair of Revel F36s which I used to fill in while they were gone. I found them to sound good in the room. The only thing they were lacking was what I would call transparency, they sounded a bit veiled compared to the Maggies, not sure if was just a bit more distortion, or something else. In the end I kept the Maggies and sold the F36s.
I am now circling back to Revel and considering the F206 v. F208. I think these may get me the extra transparency I want, with a similar sonic signature to the F36. Where I get concerned with the F206 is in what I would call midbass slam and spl capability. While I don't listen at extremely loud levels, they do get turned up once in a while where get peaks close to 100db. They will be high passed at 80hz, so I am unsure if there will be any practical difference with the F206 and F208. My room is large by volume, (approximately 6000 cubic feet (170 cubic meters for the rest of the world) and open to other rooms.
I am also eyeballing some dynaudios. I use X12s on my desktop system with a Rythmik L12 and love them. They are a bit fat sounding but transparent (I have equalized in Room to deal with bass modes so am +-4 db below 200hz). I am eyeballing the discontinued Excite X44, Evoke 50, and Contour 30. I know that is a bit of a variance in price range, but all the speakers I am looking at would be used, unless I could find a good deal new (I keep seeing people say that Revel can be purchased discounted, but cannot figure out where).
My concern with the Dynaudios is the use of low order crossovers and the associated lobing and narrow vertical listening range. This isn't an issue on my desktop as the listening position is basically locked in. In the living room, I prefer more flexibility, as sometimes we do things like dance and party. With the Maggies, they are tall enough, their sound doesn't change from sitting to standing. Years ago I used a pair of Vandersteen Signature 3As in the room and loved them, but they were extremely sensitive to listening position (like a couple of inches of movement while listening affected the sound) and that did them in for me in the end.
Thoughts, suggestions, experience, and even some criticism are appreciated.