Speaker setup experts please?

If you can afford Wilsons you can afford to have them set up by a dealer.

Kind of harsh. Maybe the budget was stretched to get the Maxx's, maybe he lives far away from a deal and it will cost thousands to get someone out, or maybe he just doesn't want to sepnd the money even if he can afford it.

In any event, the room placement suggestions are all good and all follow the same lines as Wilson's setup guide. but what you really want to do is set them up by Wilson's method if possible, and DIY if you can. How to go about this? Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm??????

OK, Ta Dahhh!!!

Wilson Setup Guide

Enjoy and let us know how it turns out. I set up some spare B&W towers in a large empty room in my house and the lack of wall reflections made them sing. I really want to use this setup guide when I move my main system to a dedicated room.

I was really trying to discern whether there are any constants as it relates to speaker set-up. For example; Speakers placed further apart have a wider soundstage(Not sure if that is true). I have had the Wilson dealer out to set them up on more than one occasion as equipment and furniture was changed in the room. I had the speakers set up for the third time last week after I had the room treated by an acoustics consultant. I noticed that he had them more on axis than they were before, and also further into the room. I was just curious as to what to listen for sonically, as well as what I might change if there was something I didn't like. Due to an unforseen conflict I was not able to make it back to the house before they finished the set-up, and I regret that. I'm not sure you can be confident that you have the best set-up if you are not there as it is being finalized. Fortunately, they will be back for something else and we may tweak it one last time. I am aware of the Wilson system, but not the others that were mentioned. Thanks for the links.

Read through teh Wilson set up guide. If I remember correctly, it should answer many of your questions. For example, placement distance into the room is dictaed by how far you need to be away from the walls to avoid the first reflection.

Go here and see "avoid first reflections..." and
go here for excellent tips on coupling your speakers' response to your room.

Here is a very simple rule that works well for a good tonal balance (for me anyway).
Measure these three dimensions: distance from the side walls, distance from the wall behind speakers and the distance of the center point of the woofers to the floor. Call the dimensions a,b,c where A>B>C, A=biggest, C=smallest. Then set-up the speakers such that B^2 = A*C (B squared = A times C)