JackD201 wrote:Looks can be deceiving. It is easy to generalize that free space loudspeakers room dimensions be proportionate to their own but this is not always the case. The main factor is the dispersion characteristic of the design. Planar users have a conditioned response wrought by experience to tend to look for larger and larger "wish" dimensions. This is totally normal since that is what planars and by that I mean the dipole variety require.
point taken. the allusion of proportionality of speaker sizes and room dimension is a VERY general personal observation of one having limited experience in sonics or audio engineering. nevertheless, practical deductions tell us that they should be seriously related up to an optimal point.
JackD wrote:Having said that the next size requirement would be the distance from the listening position to the speaker plane. In the case of very large line arrays it is a matter of aim. With multi-driver pointsources there has to be enough distance for the drivers to integrate.
Whatever the case may be size is not the only consideration and more size does not normally guarantee better sound.
agree 100%... but as i said, i am baffled that a tall speaker standing with roughly 300mm distance from their top and sides could be in their 'optimal' environment. i am not challenging the owners' choice neither their placement strategy but merely making an observation. for all i know i could be wrong as i have not heard them.
JackD wrote:Room Integration is the most important yet most overlooked aspect in this hobby.
precisely my point! but this is a BIG subject with many variables to contend with... in the end - and this is just my gut-feeling - "to each his own"
stay cool!
.e.