Okey dokey. Before spending a lot of dough, moving things around is a lot easier and a hell of a lot cheaper. So based on my room dimensions please send me your recommendations of what you feel is an ideal starting point for speaker placement. I will use measurements to tweeter centres. I have mine currently toed in as well. Fire away @audioconnection and @mr_hosehead...
Time for a change. Need some Advice
We recently moved to a smaller house. I now have a dedicated listening room which has been acoustically tuned with absorption, diffusion and corner traps. My room dimensions are on the small end 11'7" x 15'6" with 8 foot ceilings.
Speakers are 6'6" from centre of each speaker. 31" from side walls and 36" from rear walls.
My head position is 8 feet back from front of speakers with 30" from my head to the rear wall.
Diffusion is on wall behind me. Absorption at first deflection points on side walls. Rear wall with additional absorption on side walls. Corners have base traps.
My room was a lot larger and my Dynaudio C4 Signatures had a lot of room to breath. With patient room tuning and adjustment they sound great in my new room at moderate listening levels. If I crank things up it can be a little more challenging. They are driven by Krell Evolution One and Two's. Source is EMM DA2, Bryston BDP-2 and cabling is Siltech. I also own a JL Fathom 112.
I have had a chance to listen to the Sonus Faber Guarneri Evolution on my last visit to Florida and liked them very much. I have also heard the Wilson Sasha 2's. Our choices are very limited where I live. Not much high-end anymore here. I have access to Sonus Faber here if I order them, also have access to Wilson Audio. The reality is I don't have much choice here if I move away from Dynaudio. I also listened to the smaller Paradigm Persona's but found them a little on the forward bright side. I wouldn't mind trying something new and may be leaning towards the Amati, Guarneri's but have to say the Wilsons sound pretty nice when driven by Krell.
I understand that in an ideal world speakers should be auditioned in your own listening environment but the reality this isn't possible in small market cities. Hence my query here.
Speakers are 6'6" from centre of each speaker. 31" from side walls and 36" from rear walls.
My head position is 8 feet back from front of speakers with 30" from my head to the rear wall.
Diffusion is on wall behind me. Absorption at first deflection points on side walls. Rear wall with additional absorption on side walls. Corners have base traps.
My room was a lot larger and my Dynaudio C4 Signatures had a lot of room to breath. With patient room tuning and adjustment they sound great in my new room at moderate listening levels. If I crank things up it can be a little more challenging. They are driven by Krell Evolution One and Two's. Source is EMM DA2, Bryston BDP-2 and cabling is Siltech. I also own a JL Fathom 112.
I have had a chance to listen to the Sonus Faber Guarneri Evolution on my last visit to Florida and liked them very much. I have also heard the Wilson Sasha 2's. Our choices are very limited where I live. Not much high-end anymore here. I have access to Sonus Faber here if I order them, also have access to Wilson Audio. The reality is I don't have much choice here if I move away from Dynaudio. I also listened to the smaller Paradigm Persona's but found them a little on the forward bright side. I wouldn't mind trying something new and may be leaning towards the Amati, Guarneri's but have to say the Wilsons sound pretty nice when driven by Krell.
I understand that in an ideal world speakers should be auditioned in your own listening environment but the reality this isn't possible in small market cities. Hence my query here.
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The Vandersteen manual is easy.... seriously pick up a math and science based skill few have and it will help you get better sound in any room with any system. print out the 3a sig manual ignore tilt adjustments ( there I would follow what your manufacturer recommends - normally this is a function of tweeter to ear distance but can also be pretty subjective especially with metal tweeters with ring and breakup in hearing frequency. as for toe in IMO most people have too much are you treating first reflection sidewall point ? |
This guy always made a lot of sense to me. I'm just throwing it out there as additional information..... http://www.acousticfields.com/speaker-placement-listening-positions/ http://www.acousticfields.com/acoustic-rule-2-speakerlistening-position/ |
(((Fire away @audioconnection
))) Here you are 15.5 from side wall to center of speaker 26.5 from front wall to center of speaker adjust first reflection points, next measure tweeter to tweeter and put your ears and chair at the same distance for left and right like a triangle or out just a little more. |
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