Re: The Music Sounds Better While Standing

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In Reply to: The Music Sounds Better While Standing posted by Robertc88 on April 2, 2007 at 05:59:59:

You don't say what the difference specifically is, so it's a little difficult to offer advice. Richard may be right. It could also be a question of where the standing waves (no pun intended!) are in your room (in the vertical dimension). If I were you, I would start with the positions that give you the best sound now as your reference; and write them down precisely, i.e., exactly where your head is in each dimension and exactly where the speakers are. I would play with your listening positon (seated, since that is where you ultimately want to be) and your speaker position until you find a combination that you like even better. Hard, and sometimes long, frustrating work; but, in my experience, this kind of thing often is well worth it. I like the suggestions about the angle of the speakers too, and I would experiment with toe-in too. Finally, if you don't have any room treatment - especially at the first reflection points - I would experiment with that as well.
A cautionary note: this kind of experimentation can easily become one of those "audiophile things", where we lose some of the enjoyment of just listening to music. For that reason, I keep careful notes of the changes I've made (and what my prior reference was). If a change appears to be an improvement, I then listen for days (at least) before I decide that that change is my new reference. And, if I find after days that I don't enjoy listening to music as much - even though certain audiophile aspects are better - I go back to the reference and get acclimated before I try another change. By doing things methodically this way, it's actually more relaxing to experiment than it would be otherwise (at least for me).

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Topic - The Music Sounds Better While Standing - Robertc88 05:59:59 04/02/07 (5)

Re: The Music Sounds Better While Standing - jfz 11:36:47 04/03/07 (1)

The Biggest Difference - Robertc88 09:02:21 04/04/07 (0)

I have just the opposite problem..... - Chuck Y 09:12:27 04/02/07 (0)

Also try speakers on floor tilted up while you sit down to listen - Richard BassNut Greene 06:26:59 04/02/07 (1)

Re: Also try speakers on floor tilted up while you sit down to listen - Noam 13:46:29 04/02/07 (0)

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Re: The Music Sounds Better While Standing - jfz 11:36:47 04/03/07 (1)

The Biggest Difference - Robertc88 09:02:21 04/04/07 (0)

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