speaker placement help

With your head against the back wall, you will experience some doubling of some frequencies - usually a significant increase in treble and sometimes a mid bass boost. If that sounds better, then no problem. But if you find the midrange lost a little bit, get your head away from the reflective back wall.

I once owned some Hales speakers and I loved the inefficient beasts. They produced a ton of bass and the treble was a little hot when the volume went up, so for me, a listening position against the rear wall would have increased problems with the sound. But your room and your speakers and your setup may be just the opposite.

FWIW, I'd try the Hales further apart, against the long wall, and toed in so that the cross point is about 3 feet behind your head.

If you have to be against the rear wall (room aesthetics, traffic pattern) hang something absorbtive right behind your head (thick rug, echobuster, etc).

Good luck,

Rich

If room is dedicated (if not, how did you get speaker placement past "WAF"), check out Immedia approach. http://www.immediasound.com/Speakersetup.html

Also, see Cardas approach. http://www.cardas.com/cgi-bin/main_content.cgi?area=Insights&content_id=26&pagestring=Room+Setup

My favorite is Plato's approach. There's a lot to be said for ignoring the "experts."

I thought the following article might help.
http://www.audiocircle.com/circles/viewtopic.php?t=4077

I can't seem to get a strong 50Hz and 40Hz but 30Hz is quite strong. All other frequencies appear equal by my ear.
In other words, how can I improve my mid bass?
Thanks for all your help.

It sounds like the best speaker configuration for me is having my head equidistant from the distance between the midline of the speaker to the midline of the other speaker. I'm actually blown away on how good this setup works for me. I'm getting the low frequencies I was missing as well as tons more detail in the mids and highs.
A question I should ask is that according to the Golden Ratio rule my speakers should be 70" from the back wall which they are and they should be 43" from the side wall which they are not. I find that 43" from the side wall to midline of each speaker puts the speakers too close together having the speakers 5.8 feet apart. I like the speakers 7.25 feet apart for the wider soundstage.At 7.25 feet apart my speakers are 34 inches from the side wall to the midline of each speaker. Any opinions or advice would be appreciated.