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Should I or not

This all started when my brother came down for a visit. As it stands now my system is against the short wall. He believes that if I move it to the long wall I can take my system/sound to the "next level".

My current speakers are Paradigm Studio 60. My room size is 11ft wide with 20ft in length. If I do change my setup how far apart should my speakers be if my maximum sitting distance is 10ft.

If I do move my speakers they will have to be closer to back wall which is half window but are curtained. I was planning on purchasing some room treatments(sound absorbers) with my speakers in their current set-up. Will my curtains be suffucient.

Basically I'd like to know if I place my speakers against the long wall will they image better.

I look foward to what members here think I should do.

Cheers
freakygreek

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mr_hosehead
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Try 'em on the long wall. Not because they will for sure sound that much better, but because you can tell your brother you tried it and here's what you found. And, just to try it.

None of us can really tell you exactly what's gonna happen when you move those 60's over there. You could always try wider speaker placement - short or long wall - and that may widen your soundfield a bunch. You can for sure sit in a nearfield position with those 60s, but you still might get quite the "slap" reflection from back behind you with them on the long wall. I see room treatments coming...

The big thing is to just try it - to silence your brother, and to try it for your own knowledge and experience.
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