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Hi all,
Is there a suggested room size for 803D3?
I feel that my room could be too small for that even though i have 440pros.
(11ftx11ft)
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(15-Oct-2020, 06:31)madumm Wrote: Hi all,
Is there a suggested room size for 803D3?
I feel that my room could be too small for that even though i have 440pros.
(11ftx11ft)
Madumm
My room size is approx: 12ft x 10.5ft with a vaulted ceiling. I have them on the 10.5ft wall
4ft away from the rear wall. They fill the room but do not overpower.
At the moment I am working on a larger space in the basement 16ft x 20ft it will change things a lot.
Now saying that, I do feel that the 804D3 with a small sub would also work very well for you.
Can you arrange a in home demo, or take your amp to the dealer, with 2 different configurations on 2 SD cards.
Can you lets all know what part of the world you are in.
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Hi BrianT,
Your room size is similar to mine. Though on on side of mine have no walls, it is an open area to the dining and another small open living area.
For your suggestion on Sub, it doesn't make sense to me. I do not like the idea of adding another sub to the setup (kinda purist). If its stereo, it has to deliver as a stereo. no point spending so much and add another big sub. You know what I mean...
As I suspected, it should not be overpowering, and given the Devialet new OS runs sweet room, there are ways to go about tuning. I for one, hope that that will not happen.
Thank you once again for your kind feedback.
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I do have a sub but as part of my AV setup (the D3s are the front part of this fed by the 1000 Pro). The idea of adding more bass to the 1000 Pro in audio mode seems unnecessary overkill imho. If you need to add bass to D3s they are probably not ideal for the room or being drive by an underpowered amp.
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Subs are not added to stereo system for additional bass - they are added for better bass.
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I do not like to add sub to stereo simply because of phase issue and timing issues. After a while it took the joy out of just listening to good music.
It is already not easy for the speaker itself ensuring these parameters, let alone me trying to add one more.
I had tried, it takes time to get the timing sync right with DSP. Even placement matters for sub.
After a while, it does not make sense to spend that effort anymore.
I am no longer listen to music but worried the parameters and tweeking.
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(16-Oct-2020, 12:52)Delija Wrote: Subs are not added to stereo system for additional bass - they are added for better bass.
Actually you are not wrong. That reminded me of one of the Bristol HiFi shows where Wilson Benesch had a fine display of Eminence speakers £140,000) combined with Torus infrasonic generators which seemed a little worrying to think that the Eminences might need more depth. Played from their rather lovely turntables, it all of course sounded lovely but covered rather a lot of acreage and cost a fortune.
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