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In Reply to: RE: 1.7's for Room posted by ahendler on January 24, 2016 at 20:38:56
The speakers can be about 12 1/2' from the FW due to the room entrance.If I were to bring them out more,the right speaker would not have a side wall,where the left speaker would.
Dave
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That sounds like a workable distance, Does the entrance have a door?
How far from the speaker would the entrance be? the wall space in front is more important than that behind the speaker and the wall right at the speaker is necessary for loading it. Otherwise the speaker on the open side would be lacking in lower mid energy and give lopsided image locations of some instruments. I have wainscoting that I can slide over the sidewall entrance when I place the speakers within 2 ft of it. Very cheap easy and effective for this purpose, and does not look bad.
There is no door to the room.The width of the room is 16' and it is 30'long.The F.W. has a large window with vertical blinds.I have yet to determine how far apart the speakers would be.I appreciate all of the help here.
Dave
With the Limage setup you don't determine the distance from the speakers beforehand but place them about 1 ft from the sidewalls as seen in slapshot's pic and the tweeters go inwards, in a 16' room that would come to appx 10'ish ft. The distance to the sidewall is adjusted to achieve tonal balance.
How far in would they placed in a 26' room?
10'
Of course you have to fine tune but a good starting point is 40% of the room's length. In your case I would start at 10 ft with the speakers 10" off the sidewalls as you will likely need more bass reinforcement with the long room. Keep the speakers perfectly face forwards as you try them at locations progressively farther from the front wall. You should hit a very particular location where everything "snaps together" (particularly the soundstage) and from which further distance detracts.
You can use the "monkey walk" method (look it up on the MUG) to determine the next location according to where you get the "cathedral effect" when squat walking on the midline between the speakers. The Limage setup can work in rooms that don't give you the "cathedral effect" so I prefer the gradual movement in increments of an inch or two as above. more time consuming but will definitely get you there if the room can accommodate the positioning.
My room is a bit smaller than yours, but her are a couple of images to show you the Limage setup as I have it. Will never go back to a conventional setup. One of the photos is a bit deceptive as there is absolutely no toe-in on the speakers; they are perpendicular to the side walls. These were taken while I was experimenting; in the final positioning, they speakers are a bit further into the room, and closer to the side walls.
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