Speaker placement the ultimate tweak!

[Alberto]

Originally Posted by metaphacts

Tape measures? Lasers? Really?

Alas, yes. Well, mostly tape measure to "draw" gridlines with masking tape and laser to make it look like I'm high-tech :-).

Alberto

[metaphacts]

Originally Posted by Alberto

Alas, yes. Well, mostly tape measure to "draw" gridlines with masking tape and laser to make it look like I'm high-tech :-).

Alberto

Since we started this way let's just throw out the question for consideration: Do our eyes (and tape measures and lasers) see the room visually the way the speakers see the room acoustically?

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[Dj_AmTraX]

In a tiny room, you do what ever it takes to get the BigGesT sound.
Sort like crawling around the room to hear the most bass to figure out where to put the sub. I still need to spend some time dialing in the sub. I have OCD so I everything I do know how to dial things in PERFECTLY.

[Vintage Pete]

Originally Posted by metaphacts

Tape measures? Lasers? Really?

Tape measures? Definitely. Lasers? Wellll.......


Pete

[metaphacts]

Originally Posted by Dj_AmTraX

In a tiny room, you do what ever it takes to get the BigGesT sound.
Sort like crawling around the room to hear the most bass to figure out where to put the sub. I still need to spend some time dialing in the sub. I have OCD so I everything I know how to dial things in PERFECTLY.

Hmm. Crawling around to find bass.

I only do that after too much wine.

[Vintage Pete]

Originally Posted by metaphacts

Since we started this way let's just throw out the question for consideration: Do our eyes (and tape measures and lasers) see the room visually the way the speakers see the room acoustically?

No lurkers. Jump in.

There is the visual centerline, and then there is (much more importantly) the acoustic centerline between the speakers and listening position. I too have not moved my speakers in years, as they are both the exact same distance from the "sweet spot" listening position, and produce the wide and focused soundstage I desire.

Pete

[metaphacts]

Originally Posted by Vintage Pete

There is the visual centerline, and then there is (much more importantly) the acoustic centerline between the speakers and listening position. I too have not moved my speakers in years, as they are both the exact same distance from the "sweet spot" listening position, and produce the wide and focused soundstage I desire.

Pete

First key to speaker set up: "There is the visual centerline, and then there is (much more importantly) the acoustic centerline"

The acoustic center of the room (which matters) may or may not be the same as the visual center (which doesn't)

[Tonepub]

very true....

[Jerome W]

I did experience many positions, but still found it difficult to prefer one over the other. I like the sound with only 3 or 5 ° of toe in ( more air between instruments, more details, larger scene ) and I like it also indeed with much more toe in of about 15 to 20 ° ! ( more weight of the sound, more bass but some loss od details and air ).

So i prefer to wait for Bill to come to Paris !
( Bill, if one day you come to Paris between 20 july and 15 august, you can come with all your family : I will let you the whole house ! )

[weird]

Hello folks

Turn your speakers around and face them into the wall. This little nick of humor just demostrates how important the speaker placement is. Where your speakers are facing is so important and yet so political . Since you want them facing forward, how do you do this?

Well the answer is, do what ever way you want. Tape measures help ,but really there is nothing stopping you from putting your speaker in the most awkward, screwed up position that you like. The trick is - know what you like in your room and ad- lib.

Just look for an open space in soundstage, don't worry about frequency ups and downs and stuff. You will find the most enjoyable experiences in soundstage is if what you hear is uninterrupted by walls and tvs and furniture.