Over the years I have found 1/8 is almost always best.
Speaker Positioning
I know from speaker position is critical in achieving the best results from a given system. Is there a dynamic way to measure placement of each speaker to make certain they are the exact same distances from back/side wall, cabinets, seating, etc. beyond a measuring tape and listening to the results? Seems to me if minor differences pay large returns, you could be tinkering with this a long time. Thanks for the indulgence.
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Exact measurements become irrelevant when you don't have a bilaterally symetrical room. My system is in a 'sunken' living room. Right side has a large window behind the speaker, and a very large picture window to the right along the wall. Left speaker has an opening, some day a window, otherwise a long drywall surface. So not equivalent. The room opens to a dining room, staircase, etc., so no reflections to deal with. But speaker placement has to be done using the ears, not a tape measure, at least in this case. I found much better sound as I inched both speakers away from both the back wall and the sides... Just trust your ears! |
Exact measurements become irrelevant when you don't have a bilaterally symetrical room. What? Since when? Exact measurements become irrelevant when you are deaf in one ear. As long as you have two working ears its the distance between them and the speakers that determines imaging. That's why we have two ears. Two eyes, depth perception. Two ears, localization. If you can't localize the predator then guess what? Hey, you! Out of the gene pool! |
Yuk-O Gene pool! No swimming for me... :-) BUT Only one mouth... Yet what gets used the most? Don’t seem proportionate. Does it? Rooms suck!!! Plane and simple. <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> upnorthsound2 posts11-14-2020 7:38pmExact measurements become irrelevant when you don't have a bilaterally symetrical room. My system is in a 'sunken' living room. <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Well there you have it.. you ever wonder why a prairie dog has a "mound", and conductor is in a "Pit"? One wants to see and not be heard, the other wants to hear but not be seen. A simple turn of the head, in either case, gives the results they want...Are you in a PIT, or on a MOUND? Do you want to see or hear? Just a question? Yea placement is everything... Not an average, as you infer... Think on that one for a while... good, Better. BEST... ay.. Regards... |
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