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I obviously don't want to do this throughout the whole recording. I have bookshelf speakers (Monitor Audio GS10s) mounted on 30 inch stands about 4 feet from the rear short wall, 3 feet from sidewalls.
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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).
It is almost like the sound is restricted within a room with a ceiling that is just above the speakers which are standmounted. When I stand, the sound opens up alot whereby it is appreciably noticeable.I tried what Richard suggested and it does help somewhat but standing, it still sounds much better (not restricted to the height/angle of the speakers.
Thanks for your post. I plan to do some more experimenting. These speakers are quite nice for the price paid. The midrange is the strong suit. The bass seems better with them on the floor somewhat angled upwards.
Mine sound very bright when I'm standing. Tweeter is exactly at ear level when sitting and sounds best at that level. You might try lowering your speaker - not only change the tweeter response but you might also reinforce the bass a bit with the speaker closer to the floor.
Usually better sound while standing means the treble was too bright on axis while sitting (and/or the bass was too weak).Standing up puts your ears well off-axis of the tweeter = weaker treble.
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Richard BassNut Greene
Subjective Audiophile 2007
I agree, I had the same dilemna and tilting the speaker (forward in my case!) gave the same good effect as standing. A few degrees makes a big difference.*Forward, because my Lowthers were in horn cabinets with a baffle pointing "up" at a 45 deg angle. Hard to explain..
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