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Cardas Speaker placement..

Once again I'm playing around with speaker placement.After reading some from the cardas site I fiqure I would try this method.After putting my dimension's in the calculator it says 4' from the sitde walls.I went with this but the final set up looks rediculous".The speakers look smashed together.does this seem right in a 14.5' room or did I do something wrong..?My room is 14.5' x 22' x7'.The reason for the change in placement is the bass is never right to me..I tried other speakers in this room with the same results..Thanks
spaz
spaz OP
105 posts
 
Thanks for the response everyone.I guess it's a give and take with this whole thing.I move them out and the imaging and soundstage is great but the bass goes away..But even when I put the speakers close to the back wall the bass is just not right.I tried every possible listening position as well.The only spot the bass is right to me is if I stand behind the speaker plane.
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philjolet
2,306 posts
 
are those some type of bass traps in the corner?

if not you may want to try some.

You probably already know this but fwiw...
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stanwal
3,147 posts
 
I agree with Phil; I use 6" corner traps and 2 4' x2' x4" panels lying against the wall and the increase is bass very noticeable. See my system which is listed under my threads.
rrog
1,958 posts
 
Every room is different and you just have to experiment. The calculator says my speakers should be 7 feet apart and 6 feet into the room. That would never work in my room. I recommend using your ears instead of a generic formula.
turboglo
110 posts
 
Agree with Stanwal. Placement is very important, but acoustic treatments can go a long way to tighten things up. I, too, find that the Cardas formula doesn't give me enough separations and sidewall reinforcement. My room is narrow, 12', so optimal placement is only 3" closer to the sidewall than Cardas formula and that makes a very significant difference. But without bass traps, that placement sounds a bit boomy and muddy. With bass traps, just right.
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