In Reply to: RE: Speakers too Good for My Ears?? posted by das@soundstage.com on November 20, 2010 at 14:39:33:
I have Gershman Avant Garde's. Wonderful speaker. In our old house they were in a 16' wide by 22' long room. I sat about 10-12' away from the speakers, which were 3' from the back wall and about 9' apart. A few degrees of toe-in, but nothing drastic. It took several weeks to find what I felt was a very good, repeatable arrangement. Once I found it, I had no desire to mess with it.
If I got up and walked around the house, the off-axis response was not as pleasant as when I had Aerial Model 8's. The 8's sounded good on the back porch! The A-G's lost their magic once you left the side-side boundaries of the sweet spot.
New house: Nearly square room with angled ceilings that reach 9 or 10' high. I think the room is 17 x 19. I have to sit 7-8' away from the speakers. They are about 7' apart and 3' from the wall. Optimum sound so far seems to be toe-in nearly to the point of intersecting at the listening position. The center vocal is very captivating and stands out nicely with this arrangement. So far, so good.
Still experimenting, and I, too, am hearing more variations in recordings as compared to listening in the other, larger room. But I am learning to accept the recordings and enjoy the music now that I have the speaker placement optimized (for the time being).
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