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A Zu / Tekton / Omega Speaker Positioning Thread

Friends,

I'm a couple of months into ownership of a pair of 10-inch fullrangers, Zu Omens in this case. In extensive play with positioning, I've managed to get incredible tone out of them, the best I've ever heard -- but great soundstaging still eludes me. Specifically they fail at creating images outside of the speakers. On a recording of Bill Berry's Ellington Allstars, for example, my old 2-way monitors placed a trumpet 2.5 feet to the outside of the right speaker, and a sax just to the left, still outside the speaker. Now it's just two _great-sounding_ horns emerging directly from the right speaker.

We may be up against a reality that the limitation of 10-inch fullrangers is the inability to completely disappear, but let us have a discussion of best practices when positioning these guys.
cymbop
iramirez
68 posts
 
Well, my speakers are 7' 4" apart, tweeter to tweeter. My sitting position is 14' away. The sidewall and rear positions are a little strange because my speakers are not really on the wall. They are in a corner position. If I measure from the nearest contact points, then they are 31" from the back wall and 5' from the side walls.

Cheers,

Ivan
morganc
255 posts
 
Personally, I have learned more about positioning speakers by asking the manufacturers of both Zu and Tekton what they prefer with there speakers. They know there speakers very well and I have been very happy with the advice received from both. I find it also very nice to build a relationship with these guys as they will often share very nice information and are often as in the case of Sean at Zu and Eric at Tekton, very nice, passionate, and very helpful.
gsm18439
895 posts
 
Sean is great. He delivered my Def 4s and, after asking some basic questions about my listening habits and taking some measurements while adjusting the plate amplifier, positioned them so that they sound wonderful regardless of where I am standing or sitting. I agree with Morganc; a passionate manufacturer is a knowledgeable resource, and everyone who works at ZU is extremely approachable and helpful.
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