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Upgraded from bookshelf speakers to proper floorstanders, what a difference in my small room
Honestly, I ran a pair of old Pioneer bookshelves on a cheap shelf for like 6 years in my 12x14 living room in Austin, and I thought they sounded fine. Last month I swapped to some used floorstanders I found for $300, and now bass actually hits my chest instead of just buzzing. For anyone with a similar sized space, did you need to add a subwoofer after going bigger, or was the floorstander output enough?
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elizabeth_gonzalez25d ago
Did you mess with speaker placement at all after the swap? I mean, floorstanders in a 12x14 room can get boomy real fast if they're too close to the walls or corners, so where they sit matters a lot. In my old place I had towers in a room about that size and never felt like I needed a sub for music, but movies were a different story. Bass you feel in your chest is one thing, that low rumble under 40hz is another, and most towers just can't get down there no matter how big they are. Maybe just live with it for a few weeks and see if you actually miss anything before dropping cash on a sub.
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