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Has Anyone Ever Run TWO Identical Pairs of Speakers ?

I’m considering buying an extra pair of tower speakers identical to the ones I currently own. I would wire them as 4 ohm speakers powered by about 250wpc,

Each set of two speakers would be placed next to each other so there would be 2 identical left channel speakers and 2 identical right channel speakers, with each pair separated by about 1/2.” 
My listening chair chair can be as close as 8’ from the “center” of the speakers to as far back as 20’ from the “center” of the speakers.

And the actual distance between these two seperate pairs of speakers could range from 6’ from each pair to as much as 18’ for each pair. I would of course spend a great deal of time ‘dialing” them in for the best sound.

Has anyone ever tried this, and what were your results?

I’d appreciate your collective informed thoughts.




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fiesta75
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I'm certainly not saying multiple tweeters are the way to go, in fact I like both vertical and horizontal driver alignment best. Just said sometimes the benefit outweighs the imaging issue, like volume when I was still in college.
muggyjones1234
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I have 2 pairs of HPM-900's  identical in every way, even the re-capped x-overs are the same. So I tried the side by side method, not a very good outcome, but when I tried the vertical stack I was impressed, kinda like 2 big PA stacks at a concert, sort of a wall of sound if you will.
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asvjerry
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Actually, ran 3 pairs of inexpensive Pioneer bookshelves...hung in my shop for something to drown out the saws, routers, sanders.  'Low rent concert stacks'....vertical, natch...

An improvement on what they were, until the guys blew one of them in a fit of enthusiasm.

Going to knock them down to 2 pairs and add a CV I’ve been gifted with as a ersatz sub. It’s about what it’s worth doing with, anyway. ;)

Pretty much the same for the ’neers....*L*

Rude experiments in cheap audio; not ’phile, just tunes.
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asvjerry
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Oh, Sony receiver and 5 CD changer.  An old SAE 2 band paraEQ to smooth it out a bit.  Plug one's cell into it, not too bad in a 40x24 steel building with 13' ceiling....
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fstary
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I have two pairs of Magnepan MG 1.7i speakers. Since they are about 4 ohms I hooked these up in series to make an easier load for the amp, The room is about 20'x27'. Side by side on the narrow end of the room sounded about the same as one pair hooked up in the way the manufacturer suggests. I moved the second pair about one-third of the way out from the original position facing in the same orientation as the original pair. The system sounds bigger. My wife agrees. I also have two Velodyne 12R BG subs in the system to handle the bottom octave. The subs are connected in two-channel mode. The Berning EA 230 sounds better at low volume than the McIntosh MC 2105. I am currently using the 2105 because it has more power. I do not listen at very high volumes. The real piano in the room sounds very similar to the pianos on many recordings if they are well recorded even with one pair of Magnepans.

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