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What Could Cause Center Image To Present Lower than Expected

I will preface with admitting, that I am not an audiophile, but a hobbyist at best. Purchased Totem Acoustic Forest Sig. I am powering them with a ModWright  KWH 225I with Morrow Audio Sp7 speaker cables. My primary source is an Ayon S10 MKII network player/DAC feed by Small Green Computer (ROON) with Snake River Audio Mumushi Sig XLR interconects.

Integrated/Player feed with Morrow Audio Elite Power cords from a Shunyata PS8 w/Defender. PS8 connected with Shunyata Alpha v2 NR power cord.

Room is 13x19. Speakers 7' apart and 4" from front wall and 2.5' from side wall. No toe-in.  Audio equipment behind speakers along short wall with TV above mounted to wall. There is an 8x10 decorative rug hung on wall behind tv/equipment.

From the get-go, I have been very happy with sound and center image / soundstage present without fiddling with anything. Better than my ATC SCM19 v2.

My issue is with how low the center image presents.  Not sure how to proceed. Where to start. Is it most likely a speaker adjustment or component issue? I know my room is not properly treated.

Scott

amboguzzi
erik_squires
16,303 posts
 

Since these speakers are angled, you may also try increasing the distance from the seat to the speakers.

danoroo
239 posts
 

Since these speakers are angled, you may also try increasing the distance from the seat to the speakers.

...or decrease the distance between the speakers.

amboguzzi OP
13 posts
 

Thanks for the responses. I will give a try and let you know.

Scott

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soix
9,712 posts
 

Having the speakers 4” from the front wall is doing you no favors, especially with excellent speakers like yours that image/soundstage so well.  The first thing I’d do is pull the speakers out at least a foot , and two feet even better, just to see what happens (don’t worry about how it looks for now as this is just for experimental purposes at this point).  Also, I’d try the speakers more like 6’ apart and experiment with toe-in — I like angling my speakers, which are similar to yours BTW, so they fire just outside my shoulders.  I bet just doing these few things will make pretty significant improvements all around but especially in 3D imaging/soundstage.  Also, if your listening chair is against the back wall pull it out a few inches, and your ears should be at tweeter level so if your seating height is above the tweeters that’d be something else to adjust if possible.  This is just a rough starting point but would be very interested in what you find.

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