Diagonal room Setup....

van den Hul also describes it on his webpage (along with a bunch of other interesting tid bits).

http://www.vandenhul.com/artpap/hifi_tipshints.htm#Section-2

He says 15 degrees is about right although some hifi show demos use 20 or so.

Mine is pretty much diagonal by default (16x12x10). I have a nice little triangle with me in the middle. Even got a desk in the mix. And the floor is carpeted. Behind me are bookcases and two small (12x24) horizontal windows. In one space I put a 12x12 piece of acoustic foam and in the corner behind me I put a few of the big triangular shaped pieces. No boom, no nothing.

Serendipity for sure - if there is a critique its that I don't think I am getting all the imaging/soundstage I could in a more conventional set up. The other thing is, since my rack is in another corner against the wall I ended up with longish speaker cables.

Hey Aball, that is a great web site. thanks

Nsgarch, I respectfully disagree with your statement. Based on extensive diagonal set-up experience vs traditional in a 11*13 room with 3 different monitors and 2 slim floorstanders, I was able to achieve tighter bass, cleaner midrange, fewer 100-200Hz abnormal responses every time...I currently have speakers 7ft apart and only 1ft from wall. It actually reduced the need for room treatment as far as I am concerned.
Each room differ but I am fairly confident that diagonal set-up is a bonus for small acoustically challenged room - especially when square or near square.

Once again...the gon is full of knownledge.

Thanks for all the tips and info.