I am very motivated to move towards the world of OB. Everything I have read tells me I will like them and the idea is very attractive.
My listening room is less than ideal in a normal setting as I am unable to move speakers very far away from the wall. However, with a simple switch of the couch, I could place them basically 15 feet from the nearest wall. My listening room is a game room on the second floor that is open to the family room downstairs which has a 22 foot high ceiling. If I were to place an OB speaker up against the cast iron railing, would it now be too far from a boundary to sound good? My seated position would be about 11-12 feet away with an open stairwell behind the seated position.
This would be for 100% music, lots of acoustic rock, Davis/Coltrane style Jazz, and female vocals like Eva Cassidy with occasional Pink Floyd/Peter Gabriel type stuff mixed in. I do not need huge bass, but know that I would probably have zero boundary gain with this setup....or am I missing the point?
I appreciate any guidance thrown my way...a neophyte that keeps his man-card in his wife's purse...
My listening room is less than ideal in a normal setting as I am unable to move speakers very far away from the wall. However, with a simple switch of the couch, I could place them basically 15 feet from the nearest wall. My listening room is a game room on the second floor that is open to the family room downstairs which has a 22 foot high ceiling. If I were to place an OB speaker up against the cast iron railing, would it now be too far from a boundary to sound good? My seated position would be about 11-12 feet away with an open stairwell behind the seated position.
This would be for 100% music, lots of acoustic rock, Davis/Coltrane style Jazz, and female vocals like Eva Cassidy with occasional Pink Floyd/Peter Gabriel type stuff mixed in. I do not need huge bass, but know that I would probably have zero boundary gain with this setup....or am I missing the point?
I appreciate any guidance thrown my way...a neophyte that keeps his man-card in his wife's purse...