wrote:
Jim Lesurf wrote:
It would depend on various factors: What kind of music you like. How large
your listening room is. What speakers you will be using. etc.


Classical music - not excessively loudly but of course orchestral
climaxes can be loud.
Digital sources - not vinyl.
Room 11' x 13' x 8' high (rather small probably for the speakers Focal
JMLab Chorus 714V Power handling 130W max (90W nom) Sensitivity 91dB)


I had some larger JMLab speakers a while ago - sounded rather bland to
my mind, despite the glowing reviews. Certainly easy to drive, in the
sense they went loud. But of course it's all a matter of taste.

I'd have thought they were rather large for your room? In my 16' x 11'
room I've found all floorstanders to be overblown - very difficult to
get an even bass. Probably not what you want to hear, but I'd suggest
trying some 'bookshelf' speakers and see how you get on. A decent hifi
shop will let you borrow some and it'll work out cheaper in the long run

I bought some little (1.1 I think) Dynaudio Contour speakers about 5
years ago and have never (well, rarely) felt the need to change, used
with a REL subwoofer on occasion.

Rob