perfect placement for your speakers


Have you ever tried challenging yourself to get the perfect placement for your speakers?

I have been trying to do this for my floorstanding Tannoy Cheviot (12 inch) speakers with a testing CD called 'XLO Reference Recordings Test and Burn in CD'. There are two tracks for testing in-phase and out of phase. While playing the in-phase track, a human voice reads out 'My voice should be centered between your 2 loudspeakers, tightly in focus'. Are we supposed to be able to hear the voice with a sharp focus, like a human standing right in the middle between 2 speakers speaking that sentence?

I only hear a human voice coming from the front of the room, not able to 'see' someone standing right in the middle. What should I do? I heard Tannoy's are easy when it comes to placement yet I've been moving my Tannoy's around yet still can't get it done.

Many thanks
Chris
chris_9
Go to one of your speakers and reverse the cables at the binding post. + to -, and - to +. See if that helps. But just make sure that you only switch the cables on one speaker only, and not both.
Chris,

The Nordost test disc actually plays an in phase and an out of phase voice. The in phase voice is in the center with appropriate base. The out of phase voice is thin sounding and kind of floats around your ears. You should be able to tell the difference using the method Zd542 mentioned.
" The out of phase voice is thin sounding and kind of floats around your ears. You should be able to tell the difference using the method Zd542 mentioned."

On a recording that normally has a very strong, vocal center image when everything is in phase, will sound like its coming from one of the side walls. You can't miss it.
You should hear the voice totally centered and sharply focused. You shouldn't need absolutely perfect (to the inch) placement to hear that. If you don't, something is wrong somewhere. I assume you are sitting equidistant from both speakers, right?