room size question.

@immatthewj 

I just did a reread & I read this by @grislybutter  , did you ever give this a try?

Also, in that previous listening space which you have alluded to, did you have any gear between the speakers?

i have not turned the subs off.           i guess my question is what would be the purpose of that ?

yes the gear is in between the speakers.      the stands are basically amp stands, so they are very low to the ground.

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I am in an 11 by 12 room with 8 foot untreated ceiling.  I too use GIK acoustic panels.  The speakers are pulled into the room say 3 feet.  I have a few feet behind my listening chair.  It is a 5 1/2 foot triangular set up.  At first I had the speakers slightly wider apart but noticed that seemed to give me a wide stage and depth but there was a hole in the middle.  The trick was moving the speakers just two inches closer together.  It takes a lot of patience but once you get there you will have the width, depth, and height...and those layers will sound lovely.  Albeit in such small spaces one might not get 100 % the I can walk between the instruments with ease effect that Jay Lee and Thomas talks about. As far as too much speaker that someone mentioned--I run two 12' subs in the room along with my Sonusfaber Oly 1s----the bass is well balanced. And finally those that mentioned how the music is recorded are spot on too.  Some recordings just do not have the mix to allow for spacious, enveloping sound.  Best wishes!

12 inch subs--Rythmiks.  Lol not 12 foot---that would be something!!

You don't want room dimensions that cause standing waves/resonance. For example a 12x12x12' room would have a fundamental resonance of whatwever that frequency would be. Best to have a where the dimensions are not the same. Knock down a few walls, I'm sure your wife wouldn't mind!

i have not turned the subs off.           i guess my question is what would be the purpose of that ?

yes the gear is in between the speakers.      the stands are basically amp stands, so they are very low to the ground.

1) It is easy & free to try and the interaction of the subs with the speakers (particularly in a small room) may have an effect on sound stage.

@)I understand that you currently have your gear between your speakers, my question was:  in that listening environment that you previously had your system in, was your gear between your speakers then?