Who positions their speakers straight ahead (zero tow in) and why.


I’ve been experimenting with toe in and tweeter position (inside v. outside) for my LRS and ProAC Studio 3 speakers. My listening position is about 8.5 feet from the speakers front surface.

In both cases I ended up with tweeters on the inside and zero toe in. I like the more immersive soundstage I get with zero toe in. I sacrifice a little of the lock in for the center image.

Zero toe in also makes my sweet spot for listening a little wider.

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Kind of related to this is that we sometimes focus too much on getting rid of all reflections around the speaker when in fact there is an ideal balance between a given speaker's output pattern and how good the side and rear reflections sound. 

Small space + wide speaker may force you to toe in more than in another location.

Weird, also have Forte's, 10ft apart, 10in off the wall, each toed in 2in off the wall. I sit 8ft away.  Good soundstage, good depth, feels like my stereo cabinet (sitting between the speakers) is talking to me. 

Used to have them 20in off the wall, 6in of toe. Found that I was missing most of my bass, the image was a little narrow and forced. With a small soundstage. 

During Christmas break, spent almost an entire day moving my speakers around. At the end of the day, this is what works for me. 

Dali recommended straight ahead for my Epicon 8 speakers, and I essentially preferred that. My PS Audio FR20 speakers came with very specific toe in recommendations and I also prefer them essentially with that toe in...

It depends on room boundaries and distance from the speakers. After that it comes down to preference and maybe hearing in the end. Upbringing after that.

I have Vandersteen Treo CTs and experimented with toe-in intervals, but having them pointing straight ahead gave me the best soundstage, etc. Previously to the Vandy's I had some omnipolar speakers that sounded better toed-in using the same listening position...so it just depends on your speakers.