Speaker setup experts please?


Are there any "rules of thumb" when it comes to placement of speakers in a listening room? For example, does toeing out widen soundtsage? Does on axis make the images larger or smaller? Bass response? I have also heard the ideal positioning of speaker/listener is 1/3rd-1/3rd or 1/5th/1/5th. Any consistent truths out there? BTW I have Wilson Maxx 2's. Thanks in advance.
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Go to the Cardas website and see their Room Setup guide. It gives you the formula to use to setup your speakers in your room.
The Cardas is a good start, also there are the rules of 1/3 and 1/5 which minimize modal contributions. We have quite a bit of information on our site, including a link to a pretty neat simulator. There is the RPG optimizer (which we also sell). It works well for rectangular rooms, but if you have a strange shaped room then the Cara software (we also sell) is a better choice.
For Wilson MAXX-2's, you should have a Wilson dealer set them up for you. Wilson has a specific methodology for setting up their speakers for which all dealers are trained.
there are a million rules, the Cardas works very well IMO
TAS's HP likes the rules of thirds, for instance if your room is 15 x 21 put the speakers 5 feet apart and 7 feet out into the room - 5 is 1/3 the width and 7 is 1/3 the length. This worked very well when I had Maggie 1.6s but they were so far out it was not practicle.