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B&W speakers toed in or fired straight out

I have pair PM 1s and B&W recommends that you toe them I'm toward the listen area.I personally find them a little bright toed in on some recordings with the tweeters on axis.They sound a little better firing straight forward off axis to me in my room.I'm curious to know what others experience with their B&W's since they recommend toeing them in.Thanks in advance.
antwan
antonkk
137 posts
 
Slight toe in is what works best for B&Ws that I owned.
rhljazz
1,255 posts
 
IME with N802's the axis should cross behind your head. I aim for each speaker to point just outside the shoulders of a person seated at the primary listening position.
sidssp
1,077 posts
 
Toe-in changes the interaction between speaker and the room and therefore very room dependent. There is no one-size-fit-all recommendation. You need to experiment with it.
hodu
316 posts
 
I'm with you, Antwan. Despite the manufacturer's recommendation, I preferred my B&W 805 Signatures pointed straight ahead rather than toed in. True, this was in a couple of pretty live rooms, but that's how I always ended setting them up.
-- Howard
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