Despite buying a 2nd home outside of the city, I'm still stuck with a.. wait for it... small, square listening room! D'OH! Oh well, time to try to optimize around a mini-monitor midfield setup.
Playing around with room treatments so far, sounding pretty good. Tamed the early reflections on the sidewalls, adding some diffusing panels to the front wall, trying to figure out what to do with the rear wall. Going to mount some panels to the ceiling next.
The other counterintuitive experience I continue to have is better sub-bass by keeping the REL on a platform. Whenever I have an REL sub coupled to the floor, I get some kind of node activation and the room rattles with sloppy, overblown bass. Keeping the REL on a platform keeps the bass tight and snappy, but deep enough for my needs.
Hi ZM, I am using a pair of Vivid Audio Kaya 90 in my room (13 by 15), and they totally disappear in my room. I think their Kaya 45 or even 25 should work in your room. Just my 2 cents.
Congrats on your dedicated room, you should consider yourself lucky. Most audiophiles don't have a listening room. I have a small room too and after some careful speakers placement and room acoustics treatment, I am able to achieve pretty good results. Your room may be able to accommodate a pair of floorstanding speakers actually. Have you tried?
