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I'm all about audio.Take your factory spikes with you so you can get the correct thread pattern at Home Depot.
It will "work", but never be optimum in that small room. When you get an open baffle design (or Magnepan for that matter) in a room where you truly have some room to work with, you'll finally hear why many are smitten by these designs. I've run this experiment in house myself and can honestly say "been there, done that".
Mick has two systems - the "big rig" in a small bedroom, roughly the same size as your 10 x 12 room. And a secondary system in his larger living room. He has Spatial M4's and Zu DW's, which alternate in the larger room. And uses Ohm 1000's in the small room. The Spatials provide a very immediate and direct sound in the small room, but not the expansive soundstage of the larger room. Keep in mind that the M4's are not truly fullrange OB designs, but need subwoofers to go full range. Therefore, his M4 experience won't tell you much about bass loading of M3 Sapphires in such a small space. (The above is a summary of his recent posts on your other threads, as well as posts he has made in the past, as well as confirmed by me - since Mick is local and we know each other well, and I have heard these systems on a number of occasions with the different speakers in question.)
The room is slightly smaller than yours. ( 10x11) I've "crammed" many a speaker into that little room including the early Spatial M2 Turbo's. The list also includes Salk SongTowers, Zu Omen DW's and Klipsch Heresy 3's. These 4 are classic examples of speakers that eventually screamed "please get me into a bigger space". Now as I've said, I'm fortunate enough to have that bigger space (4x the room volume as the above mentioned room) as I have 2 system set-ups. Every one of the above mentioned speakers become a different animal when given room to breath. Night and day difference in fact.
I used my DW's for a couple months in an 11 x 12 bedroom/office system and really liked it there as well. Soundstage depth wasn't there, but it was a highly engaging direct sound. Really fun, maybe more fun than my larger "big rig" room where they are now.
Of course. In a perfect world, we'd all have 25x25 rooms with plenty of space to work with and so on. But that's not the situation or the real world for a lot of people. But I have experienced the exact same thing as you, in my open floor plan downstairs in my living room, both the ZU's and Maggie's really sang and opened up. Which I am putting my current blue ZU's back down there. But my main two channel room is still this little 12x10 office and it's my get away. Where I can close the door and be left alone. So trying to make the most out of this space.I actually really enjoy the DW's in this small room. It works out for me. But of course, give most speakers room to breathe and they will perform well. I should start a thread about speakers that excel in small listening rooms. That's the key. One speaker I know does, is the OHM, but......... the Q&C over there is severely lacking from what I have read lately and there is some real shoddy work going on there. So that's out of the equation.
I have no idea where you found the OHM QC issue, but I couldn't find a single complaint in a quick search. Check out the positive review on the PS Audio site for example. FWIW, I've had nothing but an excellent experience with their products and support. No, they don't have the fit and finish of a Harbeth, but it's more than adequate. It's their excellent voicing and presentation that will win many over anyway.
