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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.

Sorry about the incorrect spelling and the missing question mark in the subject. I couldn’t edit the subject.

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immatthewj
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What's a "hot tweeter"?  

mattw73
69 posts
 

If you have the time & never done it before.. position your bookshelves so they criss cross past your outside shoulders. L speaker across rt outside shoulder, etc. 

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josepad
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My Rega RX5 towers with woofers outwards and no toe in. Speakers are designed with a wide dispersion and it certainly plays that way. 
The most toe in I’ve played with is very minimal maybe 1/4”. 

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ozzy62
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@simao 

Agreed. I’ve owned Ref 3a Grand Veenas twice and they absolutely don’t work with any toe in.

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dickieboy
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Thiels work best straight ahead and ,so far, my PMC's seem to work best that way too. Jim Thiel recommended straight ahead and the PMC's also have wide dispersion.

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