Speaker Placement and Toe-In


I just spent hours moving my Sopra 2’s with them sitting on the Townshend’s podiums #3. I kept intense measurements. My speakers are 115" from the woofer center to the other speaker woofer. I am sitting at that same distance from the L&R speakers’ middle centerline. They are 37" from the sidewalls to the sidewalls of the speaker.

I used one of those air bladder wedges that are used for lifting car doors and lifted each leg individually of the Townshend podium just enough to slide a furniture mover/disc under each leg.

What I found is that I prefer no Toe-In. That is, I prefer the speakers straight out into the room.

At least at this moment I am content.

ozzy

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My best friends in speaker positioning have been multidirectional laser levels. Some good models can be bought for under USD $200 each.

 

Having 2-3 multidirectional units makes things even quicker. I don’t find unidirectional laser levels as helpful, and spirit levels can’t well apply in my use case.

Others have posted that  toe-in/toe-out are more about the room than the speakers, or rooms that are more reflective/less reflective.

That's not been my experience. My dedicated room is acoustically treated on all four walls and the ceiling, with a thick rug on the wood floor. Reflective it's definitely not.

My Vandersteen 2Ce Sig IIs demanded toe-in due to the very narrow dispersion pattern of the tweeters. They also demanded that ears be lower than the tweeters.

My B&W 803 D3s (in the same positions, in the same room) make no such demands, though they do sound their best by a very slight margin with toe-in, and are ambivalent how high or low my ears are.

My experience is the speakers dictate toe-in/toe-out, not the room.

 

Thanks.

Every speaker has its sweet spot in each room.

Once you get it locked in, it really creates a very satisfying sound. You never know how good your system can sound until you find that spot, as frustrating as that project is.

ozzy

Thanks.

Every speaker has its sweet spot in each room.

Once you get it locked in, it really creates a very satisfying sound. You never know how good your system can sound until you find that spot, as frustrating as that project is.

ozzy

Which, extrapolated out, means the women are speakers too.