Speaker Placement CD

@jafant - thanks for your reply, but the Stereophile test CDs were not what I was looking for. I have at least one of those, but I was looking for a CD that specifically helps identify the EXACT correct speaker position in the room.

@gdhal - Thanks, that's one of them for sure. I knew Geoff posted the information at some point, and I tried to find it. However, Geoff is such a prolific poster that I could not find his post recommending the XLO CD.

Gentlemen, I greatly appreciate your responses.......

For anyone looking, per the link that @gdhal provided, the other speaker placement CD looks to the IsoTek.

@reubent "Lastly, what happens if you are unable to place you speakers in the optimal position due to extenuating circumstances such as WAF (not an issue for me in my man-cave) or finding that the optimal position is right in the middle of your foot traffic pattern?"

As I believe the loudspeaker-room interface represents the most important link in the audio chain, not siting the loudspeakers optimally negates so much of the money / components folks spend on their system. It’s much like focusing a lens. A less good lens focused properly presents a much better view than a much better lens out of focus

@trelja - Trust me, I understand that if I do not use the optimal position, I will get sub-optimal results. Unfortunately, I am somewhat limited in speaker placement in the room I'm using. I am limited to one particular wall on which to place the speakers and system due to physical limitations of this room in my basement.

That said, I don't really have any restrictions where the speakers go along that wall. I've got nearly was much width, depth and height as I need, along that particular wall.

I guess my questions regarding the speaker placement CDs, like XLO, are:

1). "Does the placement CD tell you exactly in the room the speakers should be placed"
2). "Does it start from scratch and tell you where to place the first speaker"
3). "Does the speaker placement CD tell you where to place the second speaker, relative to the first speaker"?

If I can place one speaker in approximately the position where I want it to reside, will the CD help me place the second speaker to best compliment the first speaker? I would think this is how it works because my understanding is, that when using the CD, everything falls into phase (sounds correct) when the second speaker is moved into the correct position, relative to the first speaker.

Thanks for your comments and any additional insights........