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My room is not that optimal, it about 16 ft wide where the speakers are positioned (see pix). The back of the room is totally open into the kitchen. When I sit down on the couch to relax and enjoy the stereo it sounds very nice BUT when I cup my hands behind my ears "Oh my God". What a difference!!! How can I get that sound without cupping my hands behind my ears?
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You're going to loose the speakers in their reverberant field and early reflections eitting that far from the speakers, especially relative to the distance between them and the front + side walls, especially with them facing straight ahead so high frequencies are being attenuated.
Moving the speakers so the front baffles are the larger of 4' or half the distance to you off the front wall would be a start, as would aiming the tweeters at you, and moving the speakers closer together so they're farther from the walls with an equilateral triangle being a nice starting point.
For instance, I sit about 7 1/2' from each of my speakers and have them 5' off the front wall.
Some compromises will be called for if the drivers don't integrate well at that distance.
...that would be a good start!
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you're helping to block alot of the reflected sound that might be messing things up. I'd recommend some room treatment devices (absorption panels) on the side walls where the first reflection hits, and also the front and back walls.
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try aiming the speaker more towards your listening position, toeing them in a bit. I like to use a laser level to aim my speakers to insure that they are symmetrically set up. and use a piece of cardboard behind the listening position to have a target.
Use a piece of painters masking tape and place against the side of the speaker, Inboard is OK, square to the front face and midway between the tweeter and the midrange driver. IF you can set your level on top of that tape edge aim the the speaker so that it is directly pointing towards your ears. You can do this by adjusting the tilt as I am pretty sure your speakers have spikes.
Also try to move your speaker a couple inches forward. I like to arrange the speaker so that when toed in and set up, the plane running across the front baffle is a bit ahead of any obstruction in the middle, especially if you have something as reflective as your flat screen.
Stu
You might try moving the speakers closer together, closer to you and pointed at you. Perhaps have the speaker on either side of the TV and the equipment rack off to one side.
It may be impossible, especially with the TV, but if you reverse the whole thing so that the speakers are on either side of the gangway into the dining room that may also help. That's essentially what I'm doing, although with a slightly different geometry and it works very well. I've not had good luck with the configuration you are using unless I sit in the near-field, no further away than the speaker spacing. The rub is that there is too much room reflection too soon. Being near the side walls can be a killer.
Just some thoughts from my limited experience, many folks know a lot more and can advise further patches such as absorbers. I'd try some of the speaker fora. However my belief is to see how much you can do with location first then try to patch what remains.
Good luck, Rick
I agree, try them closer together and put more toe in on the speaker.
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