Originally Posted by
Macca
I'm not surprised. Just looked them up, holey moley! Twin 12 inch bass drivers, AMT tweeters. In volume my room is about the same as yours (29'x12') and I have pondered whether I actually need a bigger speaker than the JM labs with their rinky-dink little twin 7 inch bass drivers. Just a guess but I reckon big electrostatics would just be different, not better. Of course if it is a difference you prefer...
Re having 4 feet clear on all sides of the speaker, lucky man who has the room to do that. I would think passive room treatment could go some way to creating that effect, though, not dabbled in that area myself yet so guessing.