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room setup question

I notice that many audiophiles have their equipment rack in between their L and R speakers (although usually not in the same plane -- a little bit behind the speakers).

My question: in my system I need to have my system off to the side, but I need to have an armchair in between the speakers (more or less in the same plane). Is this a bad thing? The armchair is well padded and not huge. It is closer to the right speaker than the left. It does not obstruct the speaker in any way. The speakers are about 8.5" apart, and the armchair is about 20" to the left of the right speaker.

Thanks for your help.

--dan
dgaylin
dgaylin OP
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Oh...and for those of you who would correctly point out that I should listen with the chair in that position and then remove it and see what I hear....both my wife and I, who are very careful listeners with good ears cannot hear much difference whether the chair is there or not (at least based on a couple of tracks of a couple of albums).

The chair is heavy, so moving it back and forth mutlitple times for half a day is not very appealing. So I am very curious for your thoughts.
riley804
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So in your reply, didnt you kind of answer your own thread ?

If there isnt a difference in sound with the chair in place or removed, I dont see why you need our opinion. You two are the ones that listen to it, not us.
dgaylin OP
255 posts
 
My point is that based on some LIMITED testing, we don't hear a difference, but for those of us who understand room acoustics far better than I do, I'm interested in theoretically what the issues might be, as a partial way to decide if I need to spend a half a day lugging the chair back and forth and reconceptualizing the furniture layout.

Thanks.

--d
sounds_real_audio
1,019 posts
 

In my experience the only serious problem with placing a chair between and on the same plane as the speakers is if your mother in law were to sit there while you are listening.

This can cause the sound to be a little brittle.

Good luck
dgaylin OP
255 posts
 
Hey Jim (Sounds_real)! Nice to hear from you and thanks for the helpful (and humorous) response.

--d
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