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.
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Originally posted by co64I 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.Panasonic TC-P65VT30
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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.- Bottom
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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.- Bottom
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