Tweeters facing in or out?

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GZ
GZ Posts: 343
edited October 2003 in Speakers
This guy at work, a big B&W speaker fan, picks up the demo pair of 28's from CC last night. He wants to put them in his kitchen above the upper cabinets but has to place them horizontally because they're about 1/8" too tall. So he asks me if he should place them with the tweeters facing in or out. I give him the standard, "Whatever sounds best to you". IMHO they would sound better with the tweets facing in. What to you guys think?
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  • VR3
    VR3 Posts: 28,067
    edited October 2003
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    if you lay them on their side, make sure the tweeters are facing inwards towards each other and not outward away from each other
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  • RuSsMaN
    RuSsMaN Posts: 17,987
    edited October 2003
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    6 of one, half a dozen of the other.

    Your advice was correct, try both, pick the one he likes best.

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  • hoosier21
    hoosier21 Posts: 4,408
    edited October 2003
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    1/8" of an inch? get the belt sander out
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  • Ceruleance
    Ceruleance Posts: 991
    edited October 2003
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    actually in my RT55i manual it specifically states that when placed horizontally the tweeters should be on the outside. I believe the reason cited was soundstage, but it might have been imaging. But who cares what the manual says, try it both ways, with the size of the 28 the tweeter position would vary by 10" at most, I cant imagine you could hear much of a difference.
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