I’m running a pair of Quad 2905s plus passive subs in an actively amplified setup incorporating Roomperfect. It all sounds pretty decent.
However I was recently very impressed ( excuse the pun) by a pair of 11As and am considering a change ( assuming the Lyngdorf digital amp can drive them - there is some doubt on that one).
My question is; would the 11As, or even 13As fit in our lounge ? Which is about 25sq m, or just over 6 x 4 m.
As in the picture I fire the Quads over the 4m width of the room which is essentially one half of the floorspace. The grey wall behind them is 3m across and the panels are 1.1m ( at mid point) in front of it. To the right of the rhs speaker is the other half of the room.
The grey section is, essentially, a wide alcove with unmatched corners. The Quads are about 1.7m apart between inside edges. I sit about 2.5m from the plane of the speakers. The outside edges of the 11s would fire into a couple of metres at least of free space.
Now, the 11s, or 13s, are half the width of the Quads, and from what I’ve read, need less toe in ( try to keep the rear sound wave firing into a corner) . They could be up to 2.2m apart, inside edges. But would 1.1m from wall to panel be enough given the 70cm box depth ?
I would ditch the passive subs you see at the rear if I went 11 or 13A.
However I was recently very impressed ( excuse the pun) by a pair of 11As and am considering a change ( assuming the Lyngdorf digital amp can drive them - there is some doubt on that one).
My question is; would the 11As, or even 13As fit in our lounge ? Which is about 25sq m, or just over 6 x 4 m.
As in the picture I fire the Quads over the 4m width of the room which is essentially one half of the floorspace. The grey wall behind them is 3m across and the panels are 1.1m ( at mid point) in front of it. To the right of the rhs speaker is the other half of the room.
The grey section is, essentially, a wide alcove with unmatched corners. The Quads are about 1.7m apart between inside edges. I sit about 2.5m from the plane of the speakers. The outside edges of the 11s would fire into a couple of metres at least of free space.
Now, the 11s, or 13s, are half the width of the Quads, and from what I’ve read, need less toe in ( try to keep the rear sound wave firing into a corner) . They could be up to 2.2m apart, inside edges. But would 1.1m from wall to panel be enough given the 70cm box depth ?
I would ditch the passive subs you see at the rear if I went 11 or 13A.
