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Another Zu Thread

Sorry - I'm sure this is in the archives, but I've been reading them for several hours and haven't come up with anything super definitive.

Can anybody comment on what setup works best with the Druids and/or the Definitions? I have read >10ft to the listener for the Definitions.

Does the floor material matter? I have read that they need to be placed on hard surfaces, not carpet - true?

They appear to work in a fairly standard triangle pattern - separated by X feet, user seated Y feet away.

Toe in? Do these speakers do the "head in a clamp thing" or does it support multiple listeners reasonably well?

Distance from back / side walls?

Any help would be appreciated, either in direct answers or point me to a thread that discusses all the physical setup issues.

-Kirk
kthomas
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Rwwms
Nice post... as stated it will be very room dependent, for example I can only get a maximum of 11 feet from the speakers which is where I have seating now, so I unfortunatley can't try out the 4 or 5 ft from the backwall without being 8 feet total away from the speakers...And this does not work unless your a big nearfield listener I guess.. I find with the definitions I have and could sit at least 12 or 13 feet away with no problem and even bigger surrounding soundstage with at least 2 ft between speaker and backwall.

But I agree with what you say. Honestly the bigger overall average room you can put these in the better options you will have, and I have done the Long wall setup as well with better than the shortwall results myself too.
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how far apart are your speakers? Isn't how far back you sit dependent on how far apart your speakers are? I don't know: 13 feet?
undertow
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My tweeter center is about 8 ft apart. so average would be 10.5 to 12 feet back, but I could do 13 and it sounds really good too with bigger sounding musicÂ…. Just can't permanently set up this way cause there is a Landing that goes up about 8" behind my chairs that are butted up against it right now leading into a hallway.
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warrenh
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I suppose it's my preference, but playing around with distnace from speakers, usually leaves me (the further away I am)feeling less involved with the music. I rather feel like I'm in the music rather than the music being before me. My Definitios, too, are 8 feet apart, but 10 feet I find to be optimum. In fact, I'd move up a foot rather than back another foot if I had to make a choice. It's what works in my crib. Isn't that always they deal, anyway? Sweet looking rig, Undertow. Enjoy...peace, warren :)
undertow
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I do have some room treatment, and quite literally this is very room dependent as well, but I get just an intimate sound with the right spacing and sitting from 8 ft, or 14 feet... But again I guess it depends on the way your room will carry frequency response. My room is FAR too small for Definitions no doubt, its only 12.5 feet wide so the further you get away the more powerfull everything sounds. I would consider a 15 ft X about 28 ft room more optimal, I use to have them in a 14 ft X 29 ft room and could easily sit 14 feet away with full spectrum results.
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