I am working on putting together a streaming only audio system for a fairly large and acoustically tricky room — roughly 25’ x 21’ with 12’ ceilings. One entire wall is glass which I know does not help much with reflections or bass control.
I am not looking for a pinpoint listening sweet spot I do prefer an even, room filling sound that feels immersive from anywhere in the space.
I have always been skeptical about subwoofers due to overly boomy experiences in the past but I am warming up to the idea of using one or maybe two to help balance the low end. Thankfully, I have got an amp that can handle most speaker loads without breaking a sweat.
Would love to hear what speaker types or placement strategies you do recommend for a room like this or if there are any brands that particularly shine in open, reflective spaces.
I have a similar room and run Pure Audio Project Trio 15 Classic with the Voxativ PiFe full range driver.
An easy recommendation that satisfies your needs as posted.
I run them with Pass Labs XA-25 and XP-22, they just coast along with 25 wpc class A amplification.
Should you be in Central Wisconsin an audition could be arranged.
Thanks so much for the recommendation.I really appreciate you sharing your setup. The Pure Audio Project Trio 15 Classics look fascinating and I have heard good things about Voxativ drivers. It is encouraging to hear they work well in a similarly challenging room, especially with that kind of open baffle design.
I am also intrigued by your amp pairing. I have read great things about the Pass Labs XA-25 and XP 22, especially for systems where musicality and smoothness are priorities. Sounds like a setup that just disappears and lets the music breathe.
I will definitely dig deeper into Pure Audio Project and see if their design philosophy aligns with what I am looking for. And if I ever find myself near Central Wisconsin, I might just take you up on that audition offer.
My seasonal home system provides a musical room filling presentation with out sacrificing inner detail. It just draws one into the music in a natural way.
I have a similar room. I’m a big DIY’er and I have built several speakers. The first pair I built are 2.5 way, with a pair of 6.5 woofers, with very good bass extension. A few years later I built a larger more full range pair, and these have 4 6.5 each. I moved the smaller speakers into my bedroom, which is also a large room with vaulted ceilings, but I immediately noticed I had much better bass extension in the bedroom. In the main room I have an Anthem AVM, which I use the “direct input” which by passes any digital processing. In that setup i have a pair of powered 12’s, but they are connected through the LFE of the Anthem, so when I listen to music, no subwoofer. I had built another pair of bookshelf speakers for my PC setup, and I built a small 8’ sub for that, with it’s own plate subwoofer amp.
After watching and listening to a few of Paul’s videos about hooking up a sub with high level inputs, and fortunately, my sub-amp has high level inputs. So I decided to make a temp enclosure, yanked that 300 watt amp out of my small 8in sub, and I hooked up both speaker leads to the left and right side, and viola…I am NEVER going back. And this way I have the best of both worlds. One sub remains hooked up for Home Theater, the other I’m using for music. In addition, the amp as of now, I have easy access to it, and I have already adjusted the gain several times, to accommodate what I am listening too. I have the amp’s Xover set 40Hz. I love it!! I have the wonderful Elsinores, which were designed by Joe Rasmussen, whose kind of a contemporary of Dunlavy. I have had conversations about his design and “Duntech” the first company Dunlavy was involved with, and he knows another designer that worked with Dunlavy too. The point is, they are wonderful speakers that are comparable to some of the best designs out there, and even Joe uses a subwoofer too.
