Help with speaker placement in my real life room

It looks like it aught to work as is, but I would be concerned some with 1st reflections off the right side wall windows.

You might try to toe in your speakers until the axis crosses in a foot or so in front of your head. Speakers can be hot on axis, that is why I recommend that they be toed in beyond your head - it can replicate the firing straight ahead position with out some of the downsides of that. It would do a couple of things in addition to reducing side wall reflections. It would help widen the sweet spot for listening and for better or worse it will change the reflection pattern off the ceiling. Take your time , a lot of it, before you reach conclusions about what is best for you in your room. Inches matter in both locating speaker and listening positions. 

FWIW, I had the same results with Cardas but it  was a good starting point.

Newbee, hello again!  Different month, different thread...

I just added a photo of the right wall windows on my virtual system page.  As you can see, the bank of windows has a large set of plantation shutters covering it.  As these have an uneven shape, could this be acting as a diffusion panel, and thus not creating a large issue?  How does that affect your recommendation of degree of toe in?

thanks!

Are you trying to minimize bass room nodes, side/back wall reflections, imaging width or some combination?  Once you've dealt with room modes you should then focus on soundstage issues.  Having your loudspeakers different distances from the side wall actually can help with room modes.  The equilateral triangle should be considered a starting point and you should move your listening position backward until you balance out detail vs. soundstage/imaging.  Then play around with toe-in.  You may have to repeat the process several times before it's optimized.  And I also wouldn't discount the possibility that your current positioning really is the best set of compromises.  Good luck!

Even though I like the blinds some thick material window treatments could sound better. I would also be tempted to relocate the flexi rack (nice one BTW) and have the power amps on the floor sitting on platforms. It may not be that much of a hindrance seeing that your Wilson’s are a noticeable distance forth of it and the wall. However I am suspect. While looking I think I would be most concerned about the window wall. Especially since the opposing side is wide open.

I am thinking bass might be somewhat looser having the speakers on wheels that may not be the best way to sample location placement. 

Hi Mark, 

Re your windows w/plantation shutters, certainly  better at diffusion than just plain glass which would be very reflective, and certainly the open/closed positions of the shutters will affect  it even more, but I'm not at all sure how broad the bandwidth would be, as compared to 'severe toe in'. I only mention this toe in because it is free (!) and worth trying just to find out, for example, if side wall reflections are affecting your sound negatively. BTW, if you go to many shows you will have noted that many set up's have this type of toe in as it helps eliminate a lot of the upper frequency room issues exhibitors are faced with. FWIW, I'm not sure I would like diffusion on the side walls, damped yes, diffused not so much. I like diffusion more behind the speakers and the listener position. 

 You could also hang a heavy blanket over the shutters and determine from this the extent of the differences with a 'wall' with minimum high frequency reflections, one without - just glass, and one with the shutter blades open/closed. Different speakers sound differently depending a lot on their tweeters dispersion characteristics. I'm not familiar with yours. 

Another thing to consider re the toe in I suggested - it can take a lot of the room issues out of the sound stage, makes it more of a 'near field' listening experience. For some this is bad - folks like all of the bouncing sound waves which can appear in the form of a 'larger' soundstage with sounds appearing outside the speakers. For some this is good - you can get awesome clarity but you won't get soundstage affects outside of your speakers (which is actually the 'correct' sound for a properly set up system, wherein all in-phase information occurs between the speakers and only out of phase information on the recording can appear outside the speakers. 

But, as I said in my other post, your set up looks pretty good, and my suggestions assume something which may not exist. Be careful, anxiety can be expensive. :-)