Room and WAF dominant factors. Cat plays a roll too. Room 17x12x9. Speakers ~ 14.5 ft from ears, 2 ft from side walls, 1.5 ft from front wall, 7 ft apart. Room is partially open on side walls, eliminating much of 1st reflection point to the side. Nothing I can do about ceiling and floor reflections, as the cat pisses on any rug placed in the room. Shockingly, it sounds pretty good. Voices dead solid in the center, stage width wider than speakers.
When the shock of last few purchases stops reverberating on the WAF, and I can again spend to influence the sound, some white GIK panels will go on ceiling at FRP. And some GIK art - Euro vacation pic - will go behind me on back wall, so I don't always have to use the couch to limit those reflections. That will get my ears back up toward tweeter level, which is unfortunately immobile.
Not that I dislike lounging on the couch with a sound-enhancing bit of Kentucky's finest. Also, don't mind bending to the WAF - she's more stunning than any stereo image could ever be, and brings my refreshments to the couch. For a few years I used Bose cubes to make her happy - man hath no greater love, almost!
When the shock of last few purchases stops reverberating on the WAF, and I can again spend to influence the sound, some white GIK panels will go on ceiling at FRP. And some GIK art - Euro vacation pic - will go behind me on back wall, so I don't always have to use the couch to limit those reflections. That will get my ears back up toward tweeter level, which is unfortunately immobile.
Not that I dislike lounging on the couch with a sound-enhancing bit of Kentucky's finest. Also, don't mind bending to the WAF - she's more stunning than any stereo image could ever be, and brings my refreshments to the couch. For a few years I used Bose cubes to make her happy - man hath no greater love, almost!