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New room, very small .Speaker Placement???

I am moving in a couple of months to our new home. It will actually be ours but the room I have available for my stereo is a 10'x11' room. What is interesting about this space is that there are two full parrallel walls and there are two parrallel 3 and 1/2 foot walls parrallel which the top of the area of the short walls is open space of the top floor of the house.The ceiling is 8 feet high. Any reccomendatuions on speaker placement would be greatly appreciated. One source says to use the full walls for the back of speakers and behind me and another source says to place the speakers in front of the 3 and 1/2 foot walls with my listening position at the opposite 3 and 1/2 foot wall. I'm confused. Do I go for the reinforcement of the full walls behind the speakers or on the open 3 and 1/2 foot walls? Remember my room is only 11x10 feet. The open short partial parrallel walls are 10 feet apart and the full walls are 11 feet apart. HELP!!!!!!!!
I should mention my speakers are Hales Transcendence 5's and my amp and preamp are Pass Labs. The Hales are large and I am thinking I may be able to take advantage some how of the 3 and 1/2 foot parrallel walls. Please advise.
Thanks.
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mitchb OP
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We took possession of our new town house today but we have a couple of months to slowly move. Of course the first thing I moved was my bigger system and it sounds surprisingly good for being in a space that is 10x 11 feet. At first the boominess made the system sound bad but what cleared the problem immediately was putting the two strips of Aurolex foam one behind each speaker in the corners kind of folded and then I played with speaker placement a bit and the sound is good. I'm actualy getting a nice soundstage. The wall behind the speakers and behind my listening position are only 3.5 feet high leaving open space in front of me and behind me further than the walls. I'm impressed although I'll only be able to use it at nice volumes when the girls are out but at least it sounds nice. It actually sounds better than the Jungson system which is now on the dedicated audio/video room where it is sounding like a nice little sytstem should sound but the Hales are working well in their/our new environment so I felt I must go on a little rant. I'm done but would ask if you have any suggestions what else I can do to even further improve the sound. I would like to use the 24" by 40" approximate Aurolex foam on either side of the speakers for side first reflection and am wondering what would work well in the corners behind the spreakers. Any suggestions?
Thanks,
Mitch
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Fiberglass will work best in the corners. Check over at AA pertaining to "quick & dirty" bass traps. Sean
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I used 2" foam in the corners behind the speakers and 1.5 inch foam on the side walls with a blanket covering the half wall behind the speakers and a blanket behind my listening poasition and the sound is quite good. I have the speakers a foot and a half from the side walls to the midline of each speaker and 3 feet 4 inches from the back wall behind the speakers to the front of the baffle of the Hales with a half of an inch tow in on the speakers. I'm really impressed. I was going to be happy with bearable sound but the sound is actually very nice. The boominess is gone and the echo I was getting appears to be gone. I can play the system loud without too much distortion. Before room treatment I could barely play it at low volumes. Now I can play it loud. I am extremely happy as this place is a more perminent dwelling being ours and I was worried I'd never get my system to fit in such a small area. I did it and I'm happy. I'm getting good sound in an area I thought would be impossible to beat. My wife does not like the foam on the walls but she understands.And people said I would have to sell my Hales and get monitors. The Hales asre here to stay. I guess the half walls as well as the room treatment are sufficient in my space for good sound.
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