teq;151218 Wrote:
> What kind of speakers - to be honest, I don't know. What different types
> are there? (ok, I can tell that I am going to embarrass every one
> now...) Some years ago, I had horn-type ("folded horn" - I have no idea
> what the correct term in English is) speakers which have an incredible
> bass-range, but are very large. The last speakers I had were rather
> small ones combined with a subwoofer.
>
> My wife would prefer something elegant (she has seen some cool B&O
> boxes in a store) and not to large...
>
> On the size of the room, it would be about 40 square meters (about 120
> square feet? I am never sure about American measurements...)
My advice:
Get to a good dealer and listen to some stuff. Don't stop listening
until you find a sound that you really love. Listen a little, but not
much, outside your price range - have something to aspire to. Never
buy on the spot. Always try more than one dealer if you're starting
off.
Don't buy B&O. It looks great, is a joy to operate but the sound is
pants. Buying B&O in Japan would be a tad eccentric :)
40 square meters is about 400 square feet, for the Americans. Don't
get too big a speaker - maybe over 8 inches for the woofer would be
overkill, but that's a very broad brush approach.
Final bit of advice: listen to valve kit. My wife loves the look of my
system, which has allowed me licence to spend more than if I were buying
black boxes... In Japan, you're well served with such products.
Adam
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