Adjusting speaker positioning. What, if anything, to expect?



I am going to adjust my Magico A3’s positioning a little bit to try to optimize their performance and the listening experience. Due to the logistics of the room they’re in, there’s only a limited amount I can move them. I’ll describe the room and what I can do within those limitations. I’m wondering what improvement I might be able to achieve with adjusting positioning.

The room is approximately 14’ x 22’. There is a high vaulted ceiling. about 15’ at it’s peak centered in the room on its horizontal axis. Picture how kindergarten child draws a house. That’s the shape of a cross section of the room and vaulted ceiling.. The speakers are located about 8’ apart centered on the long wall. The front of the A3’s are only out 22" from the wall, the rear of the speakers only 9" from the wall. That can’t be helped. The prime listening position is on a couch about 10’ out from and facing the same wall, also centered. The components are on shelves centered and built into the same long wall the speakers are on. There are some other furnishings, and books above built-in cabinets, line most of the other three walls.

I can move the speakers about a foot farther apart or closer together, and I can change their toe-in. What changes, if any, might I be expecting or hope to achieve moving the speakers within these limited parameters? Could the sound-stage be affected? I’m not sure what the sound-stage should be like anyway. Should it extend to the left or right outside the speakers, or be mainly between the speakers? Right now depending on the recording the vocals and instruments are usually between or no further apart than the actual speakers. Could the treble, midrange, or bass response be augmented or diminished depending on positioning? Are there any other factors that may be affected by positioning alone? Thank you for any guidance and please feel free to ask any questions. Thanks,

Mike
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BTW, I have the Leica in the away box and the Bosch in the home box... prefer the Red tool but they both are awesome, get your chin to tweeter to match <1”
@geoffkait  *L*  Being high would be a great alternative... ;)...frankly.

I was going to suggest doing the Fibbo sequence in reverse, but y'all would get hopelessly lost... 
And another thing. Another reason the laser method is not such a good one is that all speakers have different radiation patterns. Combine different radiation patterns with different room geometries and you have a recipe for disaster. That’s why the out-of-phase (read polarity) track is the ONLY perfect way to find the absolute best speaker positions. No matter what shape you’re in regarding room geometry, acoustic treatments, other tweaks like isolation, AND radiation pattern of your speakers the out-of-phase track gives you the best you can do under current conditions.

NOTE - the out-of-phase track ALSO is the KEY 🔑 to finding the 🔜 ideal locations 🔙 for future room and current acoustics treatments. As I mentioned already, in the beginning when first starting out with the XLO Test CD you will almost certainly have a hard time getting the sound to “come from all around the room with no particular direction.” But I never promised you a rose garden. 🌹 🌹 🌹