[Glenee]

Originally Posted by RebelMan

For the technically unaware it bears repeating... "the size of the room matters little". Put another way... "ANY size speaker can work in ANY size room". So if you want a pair of 800D3 and can afford them and if the foot print is not a concern for you then GET THEM! For a another take on the matter view the first five minutes of this video... Small room, big hi-fi system... Could it work?



Let me clarify. NO bass trap on the planet can correct for low bass much less sub bass response. NONE (that you could live with), which is really what we are talking about here when comparing the 802 to the 800. The coefficient of absorption of carpeting varies wildly between 1% and 50% (in some cases) with low frequencies (less that 250Hz). Factors that impact NRC include pile, density, fiber type and construction plus the pad backing the carpet can have a huge impact too as well as the surface beneath. Given that the floor is one of the largest surface areas in a room it is also one of the biggest contibutors of modal frequency disturbances.

Unfortunately, a typical room's floor is not designed to play well with low bass output. Then again Joey is not a typical consumer of HiFi either. So if an investment in a pair of 800D3 is going to be made then so should an investment on making the floor behave nicely (like removing/replacing the carpet, etc.). While I respect Joey's decision not to go down that path the conclusions for making that decision are in error. The problems he had are NOT do to the size of the room NOR are they do to the size of the 800D3. ALL ROOMS BIG OR SMALL HAVE ROOM MODES that must be delt with to achieve optimal performance.

The last sentence in this post is the KEY.