So, I have a music room which is 9.5 meters by 4.5 meters with a pitched ceiling, so a quick back of the envelope calculation shows there's around 160 cubic meters of space to fill. There are walls on three sides of the room and a sliding window into the garden at one of the 4.5m ends. The organ is down the other end of the room and the player can look out over the console and out through the sliding door. As the room's in use for other things (boo!), the front speakers will need to go into the corners of the room - two larger ones either side of the sliding door, and I suppose two smaller ones behind the organ.
After some poking around, the following two speaker configurations suggested themselves:
1. A Genelec system - a 7360 subwoofer (300W) and a linked 2 x Genelec 8040 (2-way, 90W + 90W) out front, and 2 x Genelec 8030 (2-way, 50W + 50W) behind. Or 4 x Genelec 8040, two in front and two behind.
2. A Neumann system - KH-805 200W subwoofer, then two KH-310's in front (3-way, 150W, 70W + 70W) and two KH-120's behind (2-way, 50W + 50W).
These are coming in around the 6,000/7,000 euro mark.
Firstly, I imagine either of these specs will fill the room more than adequately. But what might the difference in sound quality be like? Is it likely to be noticeable? Are there any obvious mistakes in this?
Thoughts in general, please!
After some poking around, the following two speaker configurations suggested themselves:
1. A Genelec system - a 7360 subwoofer (300W) and a linked 2 x Genelec 8040 (2-way, 90W + 90W) out front, and 2 x Genelec 8030 (2-way, 50W + 50W) behind. Or 4 x Genelec 8040, two in front and two behind.
2. A Neumann system - KH-805 200W subwoofer, then two KH-310's in front (3-way, 150W, 70W + 70W) and two KH-120's behind (2-way, 50W + 50W).
These are coming in around the 6,000/7,000 euro mark.
Firstly, I imagine either of these specs will fill the room more than adequately. But what might the difference in sound quality be like? Is it likely to be noticeable? Are there any obvious mistakes in this?
Thoughts in general, please!