FWIW.
My experience is that no room is symmetrical; the room is challenged such that one speaker has to be closer to its side wall than the other speaker is to the other sidewall.
I used to fight with trying to get the bass to sound" right" versus one speaker sounding louder than the other speaker AND the central image not being where it was supposed to be.
For me, the solution is to get the bass right, and, then, use the measuring tape to ensure the tweeters are equal distance from my ears at the seating position.
Center image becomes focused.
The problem, then, becomes adjusting the speaker position from the front wall to improve the soundstage without losing bass. It's a trade off.
If the speaker is not too large for the room, you should achieve some amount of the desired disappearing act.
Again, my experience, FWIW.
Thanks for listening,
Dsper
My experience is that no room is symmetrical; the room is challenged such that one speaker has to be closer to its side wall than the other speaker is to the other sidewall.
I used to fight with trying to get the bass to sound" right" versus one speaker sounding louder than the other speaker AND the central image not being where it was supposed to be.
For me, the solution is to get the bass right, and, then, use the measuring tape to ensure the tweeters are equal distance from my ears at the seating position.
Center image becomes focused.
The problem, then, becomes adjusting the speaker position from the front wall to improve the soundstage without losing bass. It's a trade off.
If the speaker is not too large for the room, you should achieve some amount of the desired disappearing act.
Again, my experience, FWIW.
Thanks for listening,
Dsper