Speaker placement calculator???

madmax
madmax Posts: 12,434
edited August 2008 in 2 Channel Audio
Someone posted an on-line calculator which allowed you to input the room dimensions and it tells you where to place the stereo speakers. I forget the name of the method and can't find the post. Anyone remember?
Thanks,
madmax
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  • Face
    Face Posts: 14,340
    edited August 2008
    http://www.cardas.com/content.php?area=insights&content_id=26&pagestring=Room+Setup
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  • madmax
    madmax Posts: 12,434
    edited August 2008
    COOL!
    madmax
    Vinyl, the final frontier...

    Avantgarde horns, 300b tubes, thats the kinda crap I want... :D
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  • treitz3
    treitz3 Posts: 19,034
    edited August 2008
    Has anybody ever ran across a calculator that takes into consideration a vaulted ceiling? I have yet to run across one.
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  • Face
    Face Posts: 14,340
    edited August 2008
    This might help, it mentions placing your speakers at the larger side of the room: http://www.cardas.com/content.php?area=insights&content_id=36&pagestring=Room+Setup+10
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  • blast8180
    blast8180 Posts: 11
    edited August 2008
    Is there something like this for a multi-channel setup?
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  • madmax
    madmax Posts: 12,434
    edited August 2008
    I tried placement of the horns using the calculator. It sounded OK is about all I can say. I was hoping for something glorious. Oh well, on the website it does say something about this being all you need to know about rectangular rooms and box speakers.
    Vinyl, the final frontier...

    Avantgarde horns, 300b tubes, thats the kinda crap I want... :D
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  • NotaSuv
    NotaSuv Posts: 3,852
    edited August 2008
    madmax wrote: »
    I tried placement of the horns using the calculator. It sounded OK is about all I can say. I was hoping for something glorious. Oh well, on the website it does say something about this being all you need to know about rectangular rooms and box speakers.

    How big a room? I thought it sounded just ok too, liked the sound better before I used the calculator...seemed like the speakersd were too far into the room
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  • Early B.
    Early B. Posts: 7,900
    edited August 2008
    madmax wrote: »
    I tried placement of the horns using the calculator. It sounded OK is about all I can say. I was hoping for something glorious. Oh well, on the website it does say something about this being all you need to know about rectangular rooms and box speakers.

    I used this formula in my rectangular room when it was basically empty and it sounded fantastic. Once the new den furniture arrived, I couldn't get the magic back.

    A few days later I went to pick up my new amps and the guy I bought them from is a hard core audiophile. He had a huge, acoustically damped room with only a single chair in the middle of the floor and a pair of DIY speakers. It was, by far, the best sounding system I ever heard. That's when I realized how much the room plays a role in the sound.
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  • madmax
    madmax Posts: 12,434
    edited August 2008
    NotaSuv wrote: »
    How big a room? I thought it sounded just ok too, liked the sound better before I used the calculator...seemed like the speakersd were too far into the room

    The open area is 21w x 32d.

    What it sounded like to me was that with the speakers in the suggested position the room disappeared completely. I guess this could be ok but I think the room can add something good. How non-audiophile of me. :)
    Vinyl, the final frontier...

    Avantgarde horns, 300b tubes, thats the kinda crap I want... :D
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