My Recommended Systems - Big budget in a small room
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- Опубліковано 12 чер 2024
- A new series talking about systems for specific requirements ... first up, is it worth spending £20000 on a system for a small room
* The Northwest Audio Show is open 22nd and 23rd June …. Not this weekend as some buffoon suggested **
This video is a nice idea in practise, but a little pointless. For £20,000 the range of components is quite extreme. Obviously, the items mentioned will be what Phil sells and knows about. A figure of £5,000 or less would have been more realistic as a lot of people don't have money over that figure.
I find it much easier and cheaper to set up a system in a medium/small room. When I moved into my actual house (the room is now 3 times bigger), it took me years to get near the same level of quality.
As it happens.... Just moved youngest daughter into vacated elder daughter's bedroom. I have a semi vintage set up. AR18S > A&R Cambridge A60.. the later version adjusted for new fangled CD players fed by a Chord Mojo fed with Hi-RES music files via Apple music or Tidal or off an SD card. I may well try to fit a turntable in... thinking my early Rega 2 with Ortofon 520 mk2. The room is tiny, 6ft x 7ft..... now, the sofa is really close.... about as close as that fella sat in his mixing room, you know, the one who mixed Mr Gabriel and The Police's albums on the very same AR18S's :) Mates who've called over have loved it! ... and we don't interrupt madame's soaps! ... and it was cheap!
So evil to recommend a turntable to someone looking for a budget system!
Small room big budget should be a more common scenario than it probably is. Many audiophiles have the problem of having to share the living room with the family and thus getting to listen to their nice big system much less frequently than they'd like to. You're much better off having a small room to yourself.
Small room - obvious answer is ls3/5a, as that’s what they were designed for, preferably Stirling Broadcast V3 LS3/5as. And I still struggle to understand why anyone in this day and age spends loads of money on the massively flawed playback system called a turntable? Especially as lps are so expensive yet also a flawed medium. Surely the only point of a turntable is to play vinyl that you already have and can’t find the recording on digital.
rofl. small room so big bulky record and record players.
Probably should have chosen 5K budget which is far more realistic and achievable for most
Perfect! Just need to find a dealer who stocks Rega, Nordost, Sugden, Hana and Fyne Audio now.
I have a small room andi it's funny you mention 10ft by 12ft, which is pretty well the size I have. I totally agree with you re source. I have a Denafrips Pontus 2, with iris DDC for my digital front end, use Audirvana through a laptop. Analogue is an LP12, with origin live arm to an Exposure phono stage. Pre amp is Exposure classic 23, feeding x2 dual mono exposure classic 28 power amps bi-amped. Which in turn feed, ProAc Response 1SC standmounted on very heavy (40kg) filled Atacama stands. Good video Phil, I'm local yo you, Elworth. Maybe see you at the show next weekend.
Thank you so much for the video. I really enjoy all of your videos, but this one in particular was so entertaining!
Always enjoy these videos from Stereo Phil - but this one is exceptional; good basic premise and a very well thought out recommendation for the situation.
My experience with a small room (a repurposed home office / study) suggests that the first purchase for an expensive HiFi setup should be acoustic panels. Fix the room acoustics before considering any equipment purchases. It is difficult to places the speakers in a small space as an early reflection point occurs at the side wall boundary. So, you need a level of acoustic absorption to limit this reflected energy. However, do not overcook this as too much absorption can make the room sound very dead. Low frequency resonance will also be a problem. So, use the (on-line) Amroc room mode calculator to determine the problem frequencies. The listening room will be too small to use bass traps. Nevertheless, can avoid the major room mode by selecting a pair of speakers with a -6dB cut-off frequency that is compatible with the room.
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Great video. Thank you. I REALLY like “system “ videos.
You can't beat a Suggie!
I'd have a Yamaha Gt5000 turntable, As3200 and the speakers I built. Good episode Phil.
Thought I’d contribute to this. My room is 3.8m by 3.6m so quite small but I’ve ended up with a fairly high end system in it that sounds amazing. Big speakers in small rooms can work so well but they need to be well controlled. My speakers are Horns FP15s, which measure 500x770x350 (mm), 96db sensitive and driven by big 833 tubed SETs with massive transformers.
Nice one Phil, great vid. My naim 5si and Proac DT8"s pair up beautifully with the Rega P6. Smaller rooms have less risk of reflections and boom. Carpet and underlay makes a huge difference too as does drawing the curtains..Cheers
Room size 14'6" x 8'6"