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

About two years go I made an angling and placement jig for my Cornwall 4’s. The jig is screwed to both the wooden floor and to the plinths of the Cornwalls with  small hinges. The speakers are always the same in relation to the back wall since the pivot points are fixed and identical. By measuring the distance between the back walls and the leading speaker edge which can be swung to and fro both speakers can be infinitely angled and perfectly and repeatedly plane-matched in unison to the room without any fuss at all. The jig also allows the distance between the speakers to be easily adjusted without affecting the angles.

This precise and easily adjusted set up was a revelation as to the subtleties of speaker placement. As little as one degree of adjustment can be indubitably heard.

I do not for two reasons-

1) I like a big i-max like sound stage and space my speakers wide a'la Audio Note and then aim them inward to fill in the sound stage.  

2) My current speakers are a bit softer sounding and like to be aimed so you can see some of the inside cabinet walls.  

I have done it in the past with a more narrow spacing and speakers that sounded best with no toe in.- e.g. a wide dispersion point source speaker.  

I have heard it done w1th success at dealers and shows- mainly when:

1) Narrow room 

2) Speakers sound best with zero toe angle in terms of frequency balance, sound stage and imaging.  Not all speakers do.  

Is either REALLLY BRIGHT or on the verge of cooking it’s voice coil.....

@asvjerry , I am thinking it is the first, as I cannot see toe in mitigating the second.  Thank you for helping me out with that--"hot tweeter" was one (of many) I was not familiar with.

Yeah, @immatthewj ....the second is generally due to 'overappreciation' of what's queued up and toe-whatever is the least concern in mind.... ;)

However, since it was one of my diy's, the repair shop is very conveniently located...it's the guy at the bench one can issues with, but friendly most of the time....*L*

Have a good weekend, J 

My speakers are, LaScala's ll base bins 9.5' centered slightly towed in & 6'' of the rear wall, pointing just to the left of my seating. A Altec 311-60 sitting on top of a granite slab with a little more direction towards my ears, sitting 10' back. I just added a Fostex 925a this week & still finding the sweet spot. Man that tweeter made everything blend a whole lot sweeter in my setup.

Now I'm in the market for a waveguide for the Fostec.