Tweaking Your Speaker Placement

"Depending on the speakers an 1/8” move in the right way can have a significant impact."

You have realised, of course, that it's a figure of speech -- not a literal statement? Kudos, however, for creating a discussion out of it!

60 lbs would be a piece of cake.

Laser measures are super handy for this process. 
 

I too use IsoAcoustics feet and placed them on thin slippery material so that I could tweak positioning. This was how I discovered how much difference they can make. When they no longer grip the floor, some of the magic disappears. 

Check out this process. It may be worth your time.

WASP/Sumiko speaker placement method.

https://youtu.be/84Pf0ycbyBM?si=r3DZVAd6yWad7hUU

@rubicon15 

Watching Bob was part of the reason this discussion started. I watched this same video and was wondering how I would implement what he was asking us to do.

@thecarpathian 

Yes, I to use the stick with numbers, but as Maria Muldaur once said. "It ain't the meat, it's the motion."

@gregm 

That's just it. I don't think it is a figure of speech for a lot of people. Why else would so many people use such small increments when they reference the process?

@zlone 

Will definitely be picking up a proper laser measure. Why I can spend thousands of dollars on new components and balk at spending $50 to get accurate measurements, is one of life's little mysteries.

@baylinor 

I actually have a couple of walnut slabs that would work for this, but I have resisted this method because once everything is dialled in, then you still need to remove the slab or butcher block, which might spoil all the previous effort.

@onhwy61 

"An 1/8 of an inch -- does that mean you have to keep your head in a vice?"

I wondered about this at first as well, but the reality is speaker placement tunes their placement within the listening space. Where your head is located is almost irrelevant.

@mulveling 

To make things more frustrating with the Gaia's, I also have the carpet disks underneath them. Perhaps I just have to bite the bullet and put a slab of wood or granite under each speaker and trade convenience for aesthetics.