Here is an update:
I brought the system to my house and threw out an old love seat to make room for it.
The room is 10'x20'. The system is on a short wall at one end and my listening chair is on the short wall at the other end, in other words I'm listening at about 17 feet from the speakers which are about 8' apart and slightly toed in.
What a difference this makes. More than enough bass now. No subwoofer will be needed.
Also, the soundstage (as I understand that term) is much improved. At the cabin it was okay but there was a very tiny sweet spot and because the hearing in my left ear is worse than the right I had to face the system at an angle to the left or the soundstage was very 2D. Now, in this room at home where I am a good 6 feet further away the soundstage is very discernible and the sweet spot does not seem to be so tiny. The bass is now full and rich and there is a thump to it. The speakers are about a foot out from the back wall and closer to the side walls than at the cabin. As mentioned, maybe the corners help. I can hardly believe the difference.
Thanks again for all the advice.
Also, I'll probably skip buying a tuner since I do not listen to the radio much at home. All I need now is a phono preamp. I probably am not going to spend much on that as the TT is nothing special and I don't see myself getting much into vinyl.......but the new copy of Astral Weeks I bought on Friday sure does sound good (I used the Onkyo home theater pre-out as a phono preamp but left the Onkyo at the cabin.)
I brought the system to my house and threw out an old love seat to make room for it.
The room is 10'x20'. The system is on a short wall at one end and my listening chair is on the short wall at the other end, in other words I'm listening at about 17 feet from the speakers which are about 8' apart and slightly toed in.
What a difference this makes. More than enough bass now. No subwoofer will be needed.
Also, the soundstage (as I understand that term) is much improved. At the cabin it was okay but there was a very tiny sweet spot and because the hearing in my left ear is worse than the right I had to face the system at an angle to the left or the soundstage was very 2D. Now, in this room at home where I am a good 6 feet further away the soundstage is very discernible and the sweet spot does not seem to be so tiny. The bass is now full and rich and there is a thump to it. The speakers are about a foot out from the back wall and closer to the side walls than at the cabin. As mentioned, maybe the corners help. I can hardly believe the difference.
Thanks again for all the advice.
Also, I'll probably skip buying a tuner since I do not listen to the radio much at home. All I need now is a phono preamp. I probably am not going to spend much on that as the TT is nothing special and I don't see myself getting much into vinyl.......but the new copy of Astral Weeks I bought on Friday sure does sound good (I used the Onkyo home theater pre-out as a phono preamp but left the Onkyo at the cabin.)
