Perfect Speaker Placement - Put next to the back wall as much as possible.


Hello,

I happen to find an good article about the ideal speaker placement. 
(Easiest version without numbers & formulas that I can’t honestly understand :D)

I’d like to share. 

Personally I find two things interesting.

1) Only use 40% of the room area (38% rule)

2) Put the speaker as close as possible to the back-wall (next to bass trap)

Of course, minor adjustment would be required depending on speakers.
Still, I think this is helpful to figure out the very first step. 

http://arqen.com/acoustics-101/room-setup-speaker-placement/

https://realtraps.com/art_room-setup.htm

Happy listening.

p.s. what should I do with half of the room left... :?
128x128sangbro
Let your ears be the judge.Linn Isobariks (my favourite speaker)My experience with them isnt against the back wall as reflections from the upward firing mid and tweeter tend to create an unhappy relationship with reflection.Let YOUR ears be the judge.
About a foot maybe a few inches more from front wall with speaker toe in whereas I can barely still see inside surface/side of speaker. My seat is equidistant to the distance separating speakers. Tweeters at ear height etc.. This has always been I tried and true method, at least for me. No science involved 😁
If you have plasterboard walls and studs 16" on center, you have plenty of room to fashion some niches/alcoves into which the speakers can be inserted.  Try to make the niches/alcoves as deep as possible, even if this means robbing some space from the contiguous room.