Right speakers for a room size

[Kishore0416]

Hi All,

Hope you and your family are doing fine.

I wanted to know what is the ideal room size for tower speakers as front channel in a home theatre...


Any specific calculatio to tell us if this speaker fits in to a room or not


Can we use audessey room corrections and put bigger speakers (towers and center) in a small room.....

Apologies for too many questions in single thread...

 

[AcuDefTechGuy]

In general, traditional accurate speakers will work in most rooms and room sizes (except for hard floors and rooms full of hard surfaces like glass).

Any room correction may (or may not) help the sound.

When I built my house, I used one of the equations from the Audio Engineering Society: 1H: 1.57W: 1.87L

So my room came out to be 14' H x 22' W x 26' L.

But there are other equations for "ideal" room dimensions.

 

[Bucknekked]

Hi All,

Hope you and your family are doing fine.

I wanted to know what is the ideal room size for tower speakers as front channel in a home theatre...


Any specific calculatio to tell us if this speaker fits in to a room or not


Can we use audessey room corrections and put bigger speakers (towers and center) in a small room.....

Apologies for too many questions in single thread...

This question gets asked by a lot of people considering setting something up in a new room. Are my speakers too small for the space? Are my speakers too big for the space? I think that @AcuDefTechGuy hit it pretty close to correct. Accurate speakers will work in just about any environment.

When I set up my music room a few years ago, I didn't have a lot of choices in my house. I chose the room I had. Its a 10x10x10 cube. Worst possible size and shape for a serious listening room. Add to that, I wanted full sized tower speakers. Sounds like a terrible thing right ? Well, like so many other things in life, where there's a will there's a way.

I chose Salk Songtower 3 speakers. These are full figured girls and nobody in their right mind would call them small. Or even medium. They are big boned girls. But before I acquired them I called the owner of the company (who also makes bookshelf speakers of some renown) Jim Salk and we talked about my room size and whether or not the Songtowers would work or even perform. Like @AcuDefTechGuy said though, they are accurate as the day is long and make an excellent sounding speaker in a near field setup like mine. There are compromises in a near field set up. But, dang, I would chose this setup again and again after what I hear every day in there.

Is there an ideal room size for towers verses book shelves? I'm sure some of the super technical folks can make an argument in favor of that idea. Good quality accurate speakers however will sound great just about anywhere though. On the flip slide, poor quality or low quality will sound like shiz no matter what you do.

Audessy and REW and lots of help from AH members help me get mine dialed in. Where there's a will there's a way. I don't think there's a magic bullet answer of yes or no based on size.

 

[AcuDefTechGuy]

Just don't get those Polk Legend speakers that require a certain exact room shape and size and specific Amplifier type.

 

[ski2xblack]

It kinda depends on the room size and particular tower. For example, Buck's Salks might lack the displacement and sensitivity requirements for a headbanger with a large room.

So how big is your room, how loud do you want it, and what speakers are you referring to?

 

[Bucknekked]

It kinda depends on the room size and particular tower. For example, Buck's Salks might lack the displacement and sensitivity requirements for a headbanger with a large room.

So how big is your room, how loud do you want it, and what speakers are you referring to?

That takes the question in the opposite direction doesn't it? If you have a big room and you want to listen really loud, do I have enough speaker to do the job? That's another fascinating question and one that doesn't have a cookie cutter answer either. I have often wondered what my Salks would sound like in a really big room. I auditioned the pair that I listened to before buying mine in a pretty good sized room. They were excellent. But we never turned it up to headbanger levels....

 

[ski2xblack]

That takes the question in the opposite direction doesn't it? If you have a big room and you want to listen really loud, do I have enough speaker to do the job?

The question from the OP was pretty general, so I was hoping to coax more info from him in order to better answer his query.

Both yours and Andrew's rigs and rooms are good case studies for the OP to consider. You both have relatively large speakers for your respective rooms, and they're quite appropriate for their tasks. If @Kishore0416 is still in the buying stage, this should help him get to where you guys are.

 

[lovinthehd]

Would be helpful to know the actual dimensions of the room you're planning on using. Or are you building a house and can customize the room for this purpose?

 

[AcuDefTechGuy]

I have five RBH SX-T2R towers in my current room (26’ x 22’ x 14’).

I had the same 5 towers in my previous house (room about 14’ x 17’), which I think most people would say is too small for the 5 towers.

They sound awesome in both the smaller room and larger room.