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O.C.D. Speaker placement

How o.c.d. are you in speaker placement, and how important is it? I am o.c.d. in many aspects of my life including speaker placement. I've always enjoyed what is known as a formal balance (symmetrical design). So this is my dilemma: I have the distance of my speakers equal, within an 1/8", from the side and back walls, and they are also level side to side and front to back but the distance from the center of my listening position to the tweeters is different by somewhere between 1/2"-3/4". Does this even really matter?
I'm sure I'll get all kinds of jokes towards this question, but whatever. I figure there has to be some other o.c.d. people here considering all of the products aimed towards audiophiles, from footers to cable risers to c.d. and i.c. polishing kits.
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b_limo OP
2,274 posts
 
Maybe I should look into G.N.S. (getting new speakers) :-)
Hey Tpreaves, trade ya my studio 20's, $50 and a piece of bubblicious for them there Tylers ;-)
csontos
1,311 posts
 
There's no sweet spot if both speakers aren't zeroed in.
goldenear1948
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problem is, when you're OCD and ADD like me, there NEVER is an end to it.
isochronism
2,893 posts
 
Mt10425,
Almarg shares a good technique for when his wife joins him to listen.
She sits directly in front of him in a matching chair.
Of course he doesn't mention that her shoulders are right in reach for rubbing....
she's got THE sweet spot... he is smooth!! HA
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b_limo OP
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I think that I've come to the conclusion that exact side wall and rear wall distances aren't nearly as critical as equal distance from a centerline from your seating position, and equal toe in and distance from the listening seat. The string test from the listening seat and toe'ing my speakers in more, with an equalateral triangle with speakers and seating position are paying large dividends in soundstage. The music is really coming together now :-)
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