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Near field monitors... [message #51420]

Wed, 26 September 2007 16:13

Tim Barnes
Messages: 46
Registered: May 2009

Baron

Hi Wayne:
Do you have any plans to offer designs for more compact applications? I'm remodelling my home office in such a way that my desk is in a 7' wide nook with a window in front. I want to set up a pair of speakers in the corners above the desk (so only about 4' from my head) for listening to music while I work. Amp is a gainclone fed from a Presonus firewire box.

I'd like something fairly compact, although they could be long and thin, and possibly a triangular cabinet to fit in the corner.

Any ideas?

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Re: Near field monitors... [message #51421 is a reply to message #51420]

Thu, 27 September 2007 09:27

Wayne Parham
Messages: 18738
Registered: January 2001

Illuminati (33rd Degree)

I really don't have anything smaller than the one π and two π models. The thing is, high-efficiency designs can't be small without sacrificing bass response. So the one π is about as small as I can go. You might try a pair of those. You could also do a version like Fred Thompson did, which was a tower cabinet using the Alpha 8. That way he was able to make it a little larger and still keep a small footprint. Don't go bigger than two or three cubic feet though, and tune it to be overdamped if it will be placed in corners.

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Re: Near field monitors... [message #51422 is a reply to message #51421]

Thu, 27 September 2007 11:43

Tim Barnes
Messages: 46
Registered: May 2009

Baron

Thanks - high efficiency is not a priority for this setup, although good dynamics are. I find that my current system (Gainclone with tweaked Radio Shack Minimus 7s) is turned down almost to the lowest volume setting most of the time.

I'll have a look at the Alpha 8 and a tall thin cabinet.

tim

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