2. misc-audio
  3. 1058899409

Diagonal setup of system...

The other day I had to move my system to clean around the area. I carefully marked where everything was before so that I could put it back the way it was. In order to get to some places on the floor, I had to move the entire system over to a corner. I decided to hook it up to listen to music while I cleaned the area. To my surprise, my system sounded better than it did with a conventional setup, side to side. The system was setup diagonally, sub in the middle, in the corner and mains on each wall. Any reason for this? I am thinking of keeping it this way.
matchstikman
psychicanimal
1,738 posts
 
I am going for a diagonal room setup in the room I'm going to place my audio system/home office. Robert of Ridge Street Audio suggested I should go for such a setup in order to keep my speaker cables short and acoustics sounding right given my quasi nomadic lifestile.

Here's a technical paper on diagonal room setup:

How to set up a room with no treatment

There's also a place where you can buy cheap room acoustic treatments; I've seen them advertised here in Audiogon:

http://www.foambymail.com

I suggest you buy a little laser pen and two small mirrors.
gs5556
1,235 posts
 
You may want to search through the Stereophile archives. One reviewer (can't remember who) swore by this setup.
matchstikman OP
205 posts
 
I have a laser pen and after a first initial setup, it seems that things that were a pain to handle before, like open doors, windows, and the like, are not going to be used to my advantage. This could be a good thing.
rhyno's avatar
rhyno
649 posts
 
in the decware setup they state that you won't need room treatments. in a larger room that may be true, but in a smaller room (mine's 11*12*8), treatements are still mandatory and a worthwhile addition.

rhyno
matchstikman OP
205 posts
 
Rhyno, good post, but what kind of treatments and where? Do the say rules used in a conventional setup apply to a diagonal setup? Bass traps always go in the corners, right? How about diffusers? Where? Dead wall, live wall?

Rhyno, what kind of treatments are you using?
More to discover