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In Reply to: Proper Toe-in Configuration posted by samurai7595 on February 3, 2009 at 03:57:30:
Use your ears. Use some low tack masking tape to mark the locations that you try. What size speakers? Are they designed for near wall placement or do they need to be out a little bit? What kind of an image do you hear now at nine feet?
I would go back and listen at the same distance from the speakers as the speakers are apart, 6.5 ft. With the speakers pointed directly at your position. Then try focussing the speakers in front of and behind that position, listen to those alignments. Then move listening position back a foot at a time repeating the process. At this point leave the speakers 6.5 ft apart. You don't want too many variables at the same time. It's best to only vary one thing at a time.
You will quickly find a range where the setup sounds pretty good. Mark it well. Then try moving the speakers further apart from one another just to get a feel for that change. You may want to try moving them closer to each other also. But keep the listening position the same as you try different speaker separations.
I have found that an 8 ft equilateral triangle is best in my room. I can't move the speakers closer together because of room/furniture considerations. My speakers big floorstanders and can form an image at that separation. My system also does double-duty as a HT.
The center fronts of my speakers are about 2 feet from the side walls and about 32 inches from the wall behind. Not ideal but it's the real world intruding, darn. I would like them 3 feet from the side walls but I don't have room in between with the TV, sub, and component cabinet.
Oh yeah, if you can try to place the sub in the center to see if you like it better there. If you're only sending the lowest frequencies, <30hz, to the sub it may not matter. I set the cross at 80hz at first so the sub needed to be in the middle. I'm experimenting at 40hz at the present. It still seems like the central location will be best for music. I'm kinda stuck with the room config anyway.
Bill
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