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  • co64
    Junior Member
    • Nov 2009
    • 1

    803D and size of room

    I have been reading concerns over speaker selection and room size. I'm considering using 803D's as a part of a HT in a dedicated media room. 20x14 ft completely enclosed. After listening to 804S thru 802D's at my local dealer, I loved the sound of the 803D's (powered there by McIntosh monoblock amps). However their room was considerably larger - maybe 30x20?. Is my room too small for these speakers? I will be using a Spectron Premiere 5 channel amp, 805s for the rears, and will later consider an HTM2. Any advice or comments is appreciated.
  • Hammie
    Senior Member
    • Oct 2005
    • 304

    #2
    Originally posted by co64
    I have been reading concerns over speaker selection and room size. I'm considering using 803D's as a part of a HT in a dedicated media room. 20x14 ft completely enclosed. After listening to 804S thru 802D's at my local dealer, I loved the sound of the 803D's (powered there by McIntosh monoblock amps). However their room was considerably larger - maybe 30x20?. Is my room too small for these speakers? I will be using a Spectron Premiere 5 channel amp, 805s for the rears, and will later consider an HTM2. Any advice or comments is appreciated.
    I've considered them as an upgrade for my 11x15 room. I don't think they would be too small. Maybe with some acoustical treatments and they could be perfect.
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    • htsteve
      Super Senior Member
      • Sep 2004
      • 1216

      #3
      co64,

      First of all, welcome to the forum!

      I have 802D's in an 11 X 16 room. Out of the box (on McIntosh equipment) they sounded excellent. I've since done acoustic treatments and now they sound spectacular.

      I think you will be fine with 803D in 20X14 room. Good electronics will help quite a bit as well as some treatments.

      Good speaker placement, spikes/stands, etc are other relatively inexpensive things like this will also help.

      One recommendation is to get a stereo amp for the 803D's, at some point. They LOVE current. A stereo amp does not need to share with the other channels. It improves things across the board.


      Hope this helps.
      Last edited by htsteve; 05 December 2009, 23:48 Saturday.

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      • kmcheng
        Senior Member
        • Jan 2008
        • 253

        #4
        I have my 803D in a 26 x 15 room with 9 foot ceilings. They can definitely fill the room very well. The biggest complaint my wife has about them is that they are too loud. (They are not!)

        I would agree with htsteve that you may want to consider a separate stereo amp.

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