I bet some of you guys would cringe at my 7.0 channel system in a 3 metre square room ! I don't use a sub because I have Amphion Xenon floorstander main speakers, which have side firing 8" woofers and go down to 28Hz. It's compromised in many ways, but still manages to sound fantastic in the circumstances. If my wife ever lets me out of the back room and into the big room I could really make it sing.

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