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There is substantial number of listeners who do not prefer large scale sound

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Wojciech

In Reply to: RE: Large-scale works on Harbeth speakers posted by hesson11 on January 11, 2025 at 15:42:56

I was pursuing that big sound for years only to realize that I actually was " programmed" in my formative years to like smaller scale reproduction of a big scale sound and I do not enjoy " realistic " - (they never really are ) levels of reproduction. I much more cared for the tonal quality than a scale and sort of intimate listening experience.

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RE: There is substantial number of listeners who do not prefer large scale sound - Wojciech 17:45:20 01/11/25 (9)
Nah, what I meant is just a 10" in at least 2 cuft enclosure on the stand. Enough to not create elephant images :)
- RE: "elephant images" vs. "large scale sound" ? - peppy m. 17:54:02 01/11/25 (8)
  Agreed, I too much prefer the more manageable Hippo sized images...
  - two different things with the first one being somewhat comical - Wojciech 19:07:58 01/11/25 (7)
    and the second overwhelming to the point of being a quality in itself.
    - Big drivers in a small room might sound comical... - peppy m. 02:05:27 01/12/25 (6)
      .., the same way that certain small speakers in a certain large rooms will sound.
      Some rooms won't support the use of speakers much larger than desktop size, other rooms require something like those huge Cerwin Vegas having 10" or larger woofers. Images that seem too small can be just as comical as images that seem too big. Smaller speakers might image better than bigger ones in smaller rooms, larger speakers might sound bloated or "muddy" and may not reach their imaging potential in rooms not large enough...
      When tonal characteristics seem balanced and soundstaging or imaging seems incisive and well proportioned, you'll know you have the speaker size and type that matches your room.
      
      Edits: 01/12/25 01/12/25 01/12/25 01/12/25 01/12/25 01/12/25
      - Any size which can get through the door can be made to work in small room - Wojciech 06:35:23 01/12/25 (5)
        
        In Reply to: RE: Big drivers in a small room might sound comical... posted by peppy m. on January 12, 2025 at 02:05:27
        
        But nobody is designing such speakers. Comical efect of elephant sound is perception of giant size of instruments and voices. People generally like it.
        Goal of "imaging" in a small room requires more compromises than it's worthy of IMHO..Small and very small equalized drivers almost always " pump" the sound into room. Not that they can't be pleasant
        But it's a different experience.
        
        When refrigerator size can get through the door = Cerwin Vega. (nt - peppy m. 10:18:29 01/12/25 (4)
        
        In Reply to: RE: Any size which can get through the door can be made to work in small room posted by Wojciech on January 12, 2025 at 06:35:23
        
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        Big CV's are not engineered for small room. - Wojciech 10:54:57 01/12/25 (3)
        
        In Reply to: RE: When refrigerator size can get through the door = Cerwin Vega. (nt posted by peppy m. on January 12, 2025 at 10:18:29
        
        They could easily do it but there is no market for such system so they don't .
        
        Dancing disco monkeys like them in small rooms. (nt - peppy m. 11:44:17 01/12/25 (2)
        
        In Reply to: RE: Big CV's are not engineered for small room. posted by Wojciech on January 12, 2025 at 10:54:57
        
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        I thought dancing disco monkeys are long dead already - Wojciech 14:57:42 01/12/25 (1)
        
        In Reply to: RE: Dancing disco monkeys like them in small rooms. (nt posted by peppy m. on January 12, 2025 at 11:44:17
        
        You bring hope to my heart. I will take a dancing disco monkey over a cake with a hole in the middle anytime. Jazz was a music people used to dance to. Not sit with eyes wide shut and pretend to reach higher states of subconsciousness.
        
        Dancing disco monkeys are coming back in "Wicked" - pt 2 (nt) - Steve O 15:24:08 01/12/25 (0)
        
        In Reply to: RE: I thought dancing disco monkeys are long dead already posted by Wojciech on January 12, 2025 at 14:57:42
Ah yes... the purity of timbre in the miniaturized diorama. - peppy m. 17:20:19 01/11/25 (0)
But now you need something bigger, more vibrant. You need Cerwin-Vega !

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