Morningstaraudio, you're lucky to have one of those laser measuring devices I was thinking how nice it would be to have one this morning as I was trying to accurately aim the speakers so they would both point to the exact same spot on wall the behind couch.
Geoffkait. It might be a good starting point though to make adjustment from,
to follow with using the XLO to make adjustments as needed to suit the room's layout and furnishings. My listening room, designed in a Federal style, is symmetrical, which should lend itself to both approaches readily enough I would think. We'll see soon enough.
Larry, I've achieved a bit of a similar effect this morning, by more exactly measuring the toe in and trying to aim it directly at my head in the center listening location, and then next somewhat behind it, while moving the speakers closer together from eight feet on center to seven feet.. The sound on Miles Davis' "Seven Steps to Heaven" seemed better focused and maybe the bass tighter. It's too soon to tell though without a lot more listening and adjusting, not to mention using the test record Geoff has recommended.
Mijostyn, I'll try listening to some live recordings while setting things up. It's interesting how different recording engineers approaches to mixing and maybe remastering create different soundstages,
For instance listening to "Gerry Mulligan meets Ben Webster" earlier today, It was clear some instruments were located center stage in places between the speakers. But Ben Webter's tenor sax was clearly emanating from the right speaker and Gerry Mulligan's baritone sax clearly coming out of the left. Who knows how this was originally recorded and mixed sixty years ago though?
Sounds like you've had some practice setting up systems with some more sophisticated techniques than I'm likely to muster. You're welcome to come over and give it a shot.
Mike
Geoffkait. It might be a good starting point though to make adjustment from,
to follow with using the XLO to make adjustments as needed to suit the room's layout and furnishings. My listening room, designed in a Federal style, is symmetrical, which should lend itself to both approaches readily enough I would think. We'll see soon enough.
Larry, I've achieved a bit of a similar effect this morning, by more exactly measuring the toe in and trying to aim it directly at my head in the center listening location, and then next somewhat behind it, while moving the speakers closer together from eight feet on center to seven feet.. The sound on Miles Davis' "Seven Steps to Heaven" seemed better focused and maybe the bass tighter. It's too soon to tell though without a lot more listening and adjusting, not to mention using the test record Geoff has recommended.
Mijostyn, I'll try listening to some live recordings while setting things up. It's interesting how different recording engineers approaches to mixing and maybe remastering create different soundstages,
For instance listening to "Gerry Mulligan meets Ben Webster" earlier today, It was clear some instruments were located center stage in places between the speakers. But Ben Webter's tenor sax was clearly emanating from the right speaker and Gerry Mulligan's baritone sax clearly coming out of the left. Who knows how this was originally recorded and mixed sixty years ago though?
Sounds like you've had some practice setting up systems with some more sophisticated techniques than I'm likely to muster. You're welcome to come over and give it a shot.
Mike