Anyone try Audio Physic's LS placement philosophy?


Recently I was reading Stereophile's older review of the Audio Physic Virgo loudspeaker on their archives. The reviewer (I think M. Fremer) went into some detail of the manufacturer's "grid" system of mapping out a room for purpose of placing speakers. I found the explanation in the review a bit confusing however. Has anyone tried this with good results? Where can you find the philosophy on the net with better detail?
Thanks!
Jimmy2615
jimmy2615
I tried with another brand of speaker with similar design principles. Unfortunatley, it didn't work out so well for me. I couldn't get appropriate driver intergration. The sound was also a bit bright (my speakers don't tend to sound there best with so much toe in). I'm not opposed to the idea, it just didn't work for me. I think in a large room with single omni directional drivers, there could be magic.
try immediasound.com.

FYI, I used to have audiopysi virgo's. That strategy worked wonders for me...
Check the AP website for a better explanation of the setup. I've used their setup, with very minor tweaks, with three different pairs of speakers, with quite good results.

If nothing else, reading the AP instructions may enlighten you a bit on speaker-room interaction/s.
I have heard the Virgos set up in a store using several different placemnet schemes. The one that worked magic looked like it was per AP's set-up scheme. The only problem was visual. Sitting on the couch with the speakers fairly close and wide apart just didn't look right. It made me quite uncomfortable at first. I closed my eyes and after a while I was able to forget about where they were, and the sound was phenomenal. Very solid imaging. Huge soundstage that was strongly centered on the "stasge", but had huge ambience. I was concerned that images would just be huge, bloated and non centered, but this was not he case. I have heard these speakers in a number of different environmnets, and they sound very different each time, rnaging from some of the best sound i've heard to good, but not great.