Whats on your turntable tonight?

Cake "Fashion Nugget "

2022/Sony

It’s nice to finally have my Cake and listen too, on vinyl.

Brian,

When I switched from my Usher Mini Ones to the Twos, I only had to bring them forward 3/4". 

Actually, the BE 718s we're in the same plane.

Robert Craft conducts ‘The Music of Arnold Schoenberg’ Vol. VI. Columbia Masterworks 2LP box, 1962
 

@slaw

Yep, in terms of placement from the ‘front’ wall, the Treo’s are about the same as the 2CE’s. Jim kept getting trying to get me to move them closer to the wall, I tried, but lost all center imaging when I did so. Moved them out into the room more like the 2CE’s and center imaging came right back.

Only tells ya that all rooms are different. I discussed this on the Vandy forum and Richard Vandersteen agreed, once you find the correct speaker placement within a room, the general ‘sweet spot’ rarely changes regardless of the speaker (Maggie’s might be the exception).

We work within the parameters we have. Though that isn’t to say it will be best sounding.

I think if there were no lifestyle restraints, speakers will mostly sound better out from the front wall. One has to take into consideration of the particular speaker design of course.