Klipsch and Wharfedale speakers can work exceptionally well in smaller spaces with the right components.

Space. Not the final frontier but the amount of room that all of us have to play with in our homes. Klipsch and Wharfedale customers know all about that issue. Over the past 24 years, I’ve been fortunate to visit the listening rooms of about a dozen fellow reviewers in Canada and the United States – and almost all of them had one thing in common.

Not a single one was a completely dedicated listening room isolated from the rest of the house or apartment. Most of the listening rooms were typical dens, living rooms, or home office set-ups. None of the rooms were especially cavernous or horrible acoustic spaces. They were the types of rooms that most people actually share with spouses, children, pets, and stacks of books, records, and furniture. Real life.

A few are lucky to have a dedicated space that has been treated with acoustic treatments and doesn’t interfere with the day-to-day operation of a house. That wouldn’t be me. For the most part, I listen in my den, living room, home office, and dining room (one of the best acoustic spaces in our home). People enjoy listening to music while they eat. Or sitting at the dining room table late at night working. Most people have to work with what they have. That reality heavily influences what they buy. 

This article originally appeared at ecoustics.com and an intro has been published here with permission.

Read the full article: https://www.ecoustics.com/articles/audiophile-system-builder-3/