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RE: 20.7's Maximum Distance from Front Wall

Your new room is easy for the 20.7 but for bass loading.

The extra space the speakers and subs have to fill is likely going to require some tuning.

The bass from planars does not increase from proximity to the front wall as it does for box speakers so there is no ultimate limit.

You should be using the room on the short wall to give you as much distance from the front wall as possible. 12' is a good number for the short wall position.

Because of the large space your midbass impact may fall short of what you are used to.

If you want to fill that in with the subs you can probably do so at the cost of some bass definition and speed from the speaker.

You can try wall loading the speakers in the Limage setup with the speakers tweeters in and placed with the edges roughly 1' from the sidewalls. Adjusting the width of that slot will control how much bass you get from the speakers. The closer they are to the sidewall the stronger the bass.

If you do wall loading it falls apart with any significant toe in. So you want to have as much distance from the speaker as is practical - even if it takes you within 2' of the back wall so you can minimize toe in.

The most recent thread on the Limage placement Mark Man directed you to is going to help you optimize this placement approach.


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