Hi David_ten -
I had a similar question for Tekton a few days ago. Eric told me the following:
He is not a big fan of having his speakers far apart, as it robs some dynamics. At the shop, he listens to the speakers about 6 feet apart center to center. (6-8 feet center to center works very well)
As far as distance from the speakers, start at an equilateral triangle. This is not the best final location, only a starting point. Then keep moving them back until images start locking in. I have found a factor of about 1.3-1.4 from the speaker to your ear/head works well. This means if your speakers are 7 feet apart, the distance from the speaker to you will be around 9-10 feet.
Toe-in...Eric told me he uses this as sort of a tone control. The more you toe them in the hotter/brighter they get, so you can use this to get the right amount of highs that work for your room and listening preference.
When I first, pulled the speakers from the boxes I wanted to be able to move them around easily, so the first few hours I did not have the spikes on them...I was disappointed in the sound. Putting the factory spikes made a huge difference (and I'm sure there are other solutions that can give even better results).
As a dad, I would not put the speakers on a non-fixed type of platform/stand/spikes/etc with a 3 year old running around. The speakers are just too big and heavy if something happens.
Happy listening!
Mike
Audio Archon - dealer
I had a similar question for Tekton a few days ago. Eric told me the following:
He is not a big fan of having his speakers far apart, as it robs some dynamics. At the shop, he listens to the speakers about 6 feet apart center to center. (6-8 feet center to center works very well)
As far as distance from the speakers, start at an equilateral triangle. This is not the best final location, only a starting point. Then keep moving them back until images start locking in. I have found a factor of about 1.3-1.4 from the speaker to your ear/head works well. This means if your speakers are 7 feet apart, the distance from the speaker to you will be around 9-10 feet.
Toe-in...Eric told me he uses this as sort of a tone control. The more you toe them in the hotter/brighter they get, so you can use this to get the right amount of highs that work for your room and listening preference.
When I first, pulled the speakers from the boxes I wanted to be able to move them around easily, so the first few hours I did not have the spikes on them...I was disappointed in the sound. Putting the factory spikes made a huge difference (and I'm sure there are other solutions that can give even better results).
As a dad, I would not put the speakers on a non-fixed type of platform/stand/spikes/etc with a 3 year old running around. The speakers are just too big and heavy if something happens.
Happy listening!
Mike
Audio Archon - dealer