Nobody has a perfect listening room.

With virtually every visitor I meet, one of their first comments is, the audio system has to work around the living room, not vice versa. “I have a weird room.”

Practically every living room is comprised of hard surfaces on the walls and ceiling. Most likely the floor is carpeted, or has a large rug.

With this setting to work with, which speakers will work best?

Bullet Points

  • They can’t be too big. They are likely to be placed on either side of a credenza near the back and side walls.
  • Perhaps they need to be shelf mount speakers where they’ll sit on an etagere.
  • They can’t be bright or they’ll irritate you with harshness.
  • They can’t be boomy or they’ll rumble like mad in your cacophonous cavern.
  • They must be fairly priced.
  • They must be easy to drive well with affordable electronics.
  • They must have technology to outperform garden variety construction.

We want a speaker that casts a lifelike sized image. If you close your eyes we want you believe the scale of music in front of you. The speaker needs to be able to purvey music like a floodlight, without incurring the echo-ish color of your room.

While there are many great speakers on the market, there are NOT many forgiving of this traditional environment. The speaker designer has to make many conscious choices to create a product that works well HERE.

The fact is, almost all speakers are created in an anechoic chamber and pay NO consideration to your house. Well, we’ve found an exception to that rule.

There is a line of speakers that is especially well suited to your music room challenge.

Bryston Speakers are designed and built in Canada with a 20 year warranty.

Bryston’s image is wide with a deep soundstage. These speakers sound great in a variety of seating locations. They’re not rabid audiophile speakers that just support one seat in the house. This trait means Bryston has excellent Power Response. Given the precision construction and QC of Bryston drivers and finished speakers, literally all of their models perform well under these conditions.

Here are three towers that are especially sage choices!

A3 $3290 Per Pair

A2 $3990 Per Pair

A1 $4990 Per Pair