Better Speaker Placement?
cstmar01
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So for the longest time I've had my room set up and was wondering if I should change the placement and if it would be for the better.
My room is 10ft wide by 14ft long with 9ft ceiling.
I'm currently running the system on the shorter wall with the speakers equal distance from the side walls and from the back with some toe in. I've done this for both the Thiels and also the Amazings and had pretty good results.
I guess I don't know if I should flip the room around. And if I did so would it help the Amazing breathe better but am I then too constricted in other areas? I wouldn't be able to sit back as far but I could have the speakers away from the side walls more so it would be better, however they wouldn't be as far from the back wall.
I'm not sure what would impact it more, back wall reflections or the side walls? Or are they equal.
I still have my living room with my HT set up which is a bigger but more square room I could always use, but I like having a dedicated room just for HT and another for 2 channel as I don't like using the same speakers for HT that I do for 2 channel.
My room is 10ft wide by 14ft long with 9ft ceiling.
I'm currently running the system on the shorter wall with the speakers equal distance from the side walls and from the back with some toe in. I've done this for both the Thiels and also the Amazings and had pretty good results.
I guess I don't know if I should flip the room around. And if I did so would it help the Amazing breathe better but am I then too constricted in other areas? I wouldn't be able to sit back as far but I could have the speakers away from the side walls more so it would be better, however they wouldn't be as far from the back wall.
I'm not sure what would impact it more, back wall reflections or the side walls? Or are they equal.
I still have my living room with my HT set up which is a bigger but more square room I could always use, but I like having a dedicated room just for HT and another for 2 channel as I don't like using the same speakers for HT that I do for 2 channel.
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I did this with a subwoofer, and the activity was worth it.. With the mains, once I found what I liked, I put a little tape down to mark where the corners of the speaker stands were, since they were away from the wall, and always got moved back by some well-meaning third party..*************************
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You can try these methods as a guide. With your current layout,one adjustment that can be made is to make sure the distance from your back and side walls are " Not the same Distance "
Apply the Golden Rectangle Rule which states that the speaker's distance from the side wall should be 1.6 times the distance from the front wall. ( If 2 ft from your front wall as you look towards your speakers, then 3.2 ft from your side walls ) Treat each speaker the same for Symmetry which can be very important.VICE VERSA WHEN YOUR ROOM IS WIDER THAN LONGER. Your distance from the side walls affects soundstaging and tonal balance ( influence midrange balance ). Increasing the distance between speakers will widen the soundstage-until at some point the center image falls apart. Decreasing the Width will narrow the stage and increase center focus (Pick up Vocals better). Speaker distance from your front wall reduces Bass Reflection and helps tame Boomy Bass. Finally angle the speakers towards the listening spot...called speaker Toe-in.
This method will help prevent the speakers from exciting room resonances. You could try this as a starting point, and adjust to experiment a little,as other factors can affect the sound in individual rooms also.
Other methods are the 1/3 or 1/5 Rule where you position the speakers so the distance from your front wall is 1/3 or 1/5 the length of your room as a starting point. Method 1 can still be applied here.
Equal side Triangle which simplifies the measurements. As an example, if your speakers are 7 feet apart then the seating position would be 7 ft away.
Whatever you do....make sure your speaker distance from the front wall is NOT the same distance from the side walls. As you pointed out this would be the case if you position your system along the wider wall,and would likely sound better with this adjustment. It wouldn't hurt to try.Home Theatre.............
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Your Amazings will sound best if pulled out into the room from the backwall, their design minimizes sidewall reflection, this does not mean in a perfect world sidewall breathing room is not a good thing, however, given your present room seems you have it correct, hey, they are only 130+ or so, I dont exactly recall, so heft em around Chris..
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