Simply curious. Room size being relative–for example, my room is large but sort of L-shaped in an odd way, and I’m sitting nearer to my speakers than anything else–at what listening distance do you think floorstanders become necessary?
I sit about 8 feet from my speakers and have always had floorstanders. I’m starting to wonder if I would be just as happy at that distance with a nicer pair of stand mounts and a sub, but I sort of wonder since I’m so used to that “big sound.”
Just sort of curious if distance plays as large a part in everyone’s decision making as I assume.
Floor standers in one room, vinyl and streaming, walls semi-treated, speakers 10’ apart, sitting position 9’ from speakers, great sound, no critical listening, good for cranking when needed. Lots of fun.
Main rig in a dedicated treated room, 26 absorption/diffuser panels, vinyl only, speakers on stands, 8.5’ apart, 11’ to listening position, no sub, huge dynamic sound, a Vanessa Fernandez is sitting in my lap goose bumps experience.
My floors stander are 2.5 times larger but are not capable of producing the same musical experience for several reasons. Front end, amp, TT, cables aren’t as nice.
It really comes down to the master tapes, your front end’s ability to play what’s been recorded, speaker placement (tweak until you get it right, then continue to tweak, sometimes this is all it takes), room size, wall treatments and the big one, amp/speaker synergy. This is a killer.