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Songs for Speaker Placement

Hi all,

I'm trying to get my soundstage and imaging right, and experimenting with toe-in, distance apart and etc.

I noticed every song is recorded somewhat differently and this makes it harder. Does anyone know of a list of good songs that can be used as reference for soundstage, imaging, vocals...

Thanks...
slash21
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shkong78
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https://www.musicdirect.com/optical-disc/stereophile-test-cd-3

Track 10 is very useful to test soundstage width and depth.


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gbryant
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BTW... start with room treatments. 
slash21 OP
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I managed to place them at a good spot... it's been a year and finally found the right spot where all music plays well.

Finally got the bass managed well... moving out from the front walls tame the boominess, reducing speaker distance apart increases mid bass.

Thanks all for the hints. 


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audionoobie
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@slash21 "reducing speaker distance apart increases mid bass."

Is this true in general? I've never heard that before.


rodman99999
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This is a helpful diagnostic tool:  https://www.audiocheck.net/audiotests_ledr.php  The LEDR test is also available on some system set-up CDs, but-  the phase anomalies, present in some CDPs, can affect the results, as explained in this Stereophile article:     https://www.stereophile.com/features/772/index.html
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