Small Discrepancies in Speaker Placement


So, of course, after a hard day’s work, I had nothing better to do than futz around with speaker placement. After some trial and error, I found that my speakers (JA Pulsars non-graphene) work best when pointed straight ahead with no toe-in. When placing them, I inadvertently put the left speaker about 1/2" closer to the side wall than the right speaker. They were previously exactly the same distance from each side wall. With this new, slightly unequal placement, the speakers completely disappear. This was confirmed by my wife who, without any prompting, told me that the music now seems to be coming from out of nowhere, whereas it was directional previously. I can’t explain this phenomenon ... does 1/2" really make that much of a difference? HEY, turn off your dirty minds. wink Any opinions would be welcome. Thanks.
rlb61

Thanks, different use case here.  Running mine with Atma-Sphere Class D monos, nearfield.  I’ll try no toein.

Uhhgggg. I read this stuff and I’m the kinda guy that measures things out to basically the triangle and more or less leaves it. I need to play some more cause I’ve considered many different scenarios but too lazy/busy to try them. I absolutely believe the half inch made a difference. My wife also said an extra half inch would make all the difference.. 🤛 

I agree that it's the toe-in that made the change. I would move one speaker the 1/2" difference to the sidewall (so that they are both equal distance) for even better performance.