Our home was inundated with 40” of the Gulf of Mexico during the high tide surge from Hurricane Ian 9/28/22, looking for some help bringing the music back. Still many months to go before we’ll be moving back in but would like to start exploring my options for my 2 channel room here. Speaker choice is wide open and appropriate room treatment is not an afterthought. Budgeting for speakers up to $10k maybe more if something knocked me out including amps. My listening ranges across a broad swath. R&B and Jazz at heart, Chamber Works to Wagner, B-52’s to ZZ and Zappa. Would like the ability to go loud with authority.
The room in question isn’t a good size I imagine. Dimensions are 14’x17’ x 8’ I’ll scan the graph paper drawing my wife did for the two windows and pocket door. Slab floor with sheetrock on furring strips, 1/2” insulation with block walls if that helps. It is dedicated as my music room but one accommodation this time around for my wife will be the addition of a sofa bed. I’ll have an adjustable height standup desk somewhere in there and coming from the ancient past there will be Ikea Kallax shelving to handle a couple thousand lp’s.
I did work with REW and my Rat Shack dB meter as a mike many years ago very rudimentary to characterize the room. Worked with GIK Acoustics and ended up with double stacked Tri-Traps on the speaker end (14’ width) two of the 4” 24”x48” panels on the ceiling reflection point and 3 more across the back wall. Those are gone now due to flood water and mold.
I’m interested in maximizing floor space if possible with speaker choices that can work close to the front wall without sacrificing soundstage depth and imaging. Was thinking maybe the pro monitor powered options like Neumann, Genelec or ? I’m unschooled with all of them other than written word so need some guidance. Where do I go in south Florida to start hearing some them? Are Kef and Revel options or would they need a bit more breathing room. Is the Kii 3 a contender? I hope this gives us a start for comment.
Regards,
Scott
The room in question isn’t a good size I imagine. Dimensions are 14’x17’ x 8’ I’ll scan the graph paper drawing my wife did for the two windows and pocket door. Slab floor with sheetrock on furring strips, 1/2” insulation with block walls if that helps. It is dedicated as my music room but one accommodation this time around for my wife will be the addition of a sofa bed. I’ll have an adjustable height standup desk somewhere in there and coming from the ancient past there will be Ikea Kallax shelving to handle a couple thousand lp’s.
I did work with REW and my Rat Shack dB meter as a mike many years ago very rudimentary to characterize the room. Worked with GIK Acoustics and ended up with double stacked Tri-Traps on the speaker end (14’ width) two of the 4” 24”x48” panels on the ceiling reflection point and 3 more across the back wall. Those are gone now due to flood water and mold.
I’m interested in maximizing floor space if possible with speaker choices that can work close to the front wall without sacrificing soundstage depth and imaging. Was thinking maybe the pro monitor powered options like Neumann, Genelec or ? I’m unschooled with all of them other than written word so need some guidance. Where do I go in south Florida to start hearing some them? Are Kef and Revel options or would they need a bit more breathing room. Is the Kii 3 a contender? I hope this gives us a start for comment.
Regards,
Scott