Who positions their speakers straight ahead (zero tow in) and why.
I’ve been experimenting with toe in and tweeter position (inside v. outside) for my LRS and ProAC Studio 3 speakers. My listening position is about 8.5 feet from the speakers front surface.
In both cases I ended up with tweeters on the inside and zero toe in. I like the more immersive soundstage I get with zero toe in. I sacrifice a little of the lock in for the center image.
Zero toe in also makes my sweet spot for listening a little wider.
Sorry about the incorrect spelling and the missing question mark in the subject. I couldn’t edit the subject.
@simonmoon With such speakers, to avoid side wall reflections which contribute to harshness, the simple solution is to toe-in the speaker so much the tweeters cross in front of the listening position. |
Totally Sub Optimal Room and clutter I just moved into a new location and my listening room is very small and we are still moving in. Just got my system setup with no goal other than cheeking out that everything survived the move The sound stage is fantastic and elevated, width is past speakers and sound is great. I an blown away how good the sound in such a mess . Looking forward to de cluttering the room - this is totally a Near Field listening position.
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My Cornwall 4’s are set up in such a way that they can be very accurately positioned especially as to complimentary angling. One listening night recently I was startled to hear a somewhat different and dare I say superior sound emanating from them. I wondered if some of my recent tweaks had suddenly "broken in" fully. It wasn’t until a few days later that I realized our Friday house maid had moved one of the speakers while cleaning. It’s very easy to move them angularly though they remain rooted to the floor at their mirrored pivot points. My listening/living room has some unfortunate furniture placements that are essentially non-adjustable. The speaker that was accidentally toed out more was dealing with an upright piano on its sidewall. That speaker had been accidentally turned outwards a bit towards the offending piano. The result was a slightly airier sound presentation that was very pleasing and a somewhat wider soundstage. Anyone else here experimented with asymmetric speaker toe-in? |
I have Magnepan 3.7i speakers. I have experimented with many different degrees of toe in. I have found for my room that having the tweeter ribbon on the inside and just a few degrees of toe in works for me. The speakers disappear and have an expansive soundstage. Huge width and depth. When I oriented the speakers with the tweeter ribbon on the outside the center fill went to pot! As with all things YMMV!
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