Room size and speaker position


i'm turning one of our spare bedrooms into a 2 channel listening room. i'm using a Cayin TA-30 integrated with Def Tech 2004tl's. it's 13x12 and i've been playing around with speaker placement, but was wondering...

1) Should i place the setup against the long wall (13) or short wall (12)?
2) how close can i be to the speakers? i heard ideally the speakers should be way out in the room.

I have nothing else in the room except a chair and a lamp....
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ramond,

I think i know what you mean, but could you explain that a little more? do you mean setup the speakers perpindicular to a corner?
Kray,

I guess the easiest way to explain this would be to use the corner as the back wall and move the speakers out from there. The corner will be close to the center point between the speakers. It doesn't have to be exactly centered with the corner.

Hope this helps, Rick.
Corner placement, if you have room for it, has worked well for me in the past. It seems to diffuse room nodes quite effectively, making for smoother response across the spectrum. In my case, I had Meadowlark Shearwaters placed unequally, that is, one speaker was further along one wall than the other. In acoustics, asymmetry is king.

You would do well to consider acoustic treatment for the enclosed corner, though, in my opinion. A bass trap, or a bag of fiberglass insulation, or an absorber panel on one of the two walls, will help imaging a lot. Also, try to keep your equipment out of the enclosed corner.