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In Reply to: Is there an optimum speaker distance? posted by Boy on January 08, 2002 at 19:01:44:
very different when it comes to speaker placement.5-channel systems can do a lot of optimizing/tweaking through the use of time-delays/spl/bandwidth for each speaker that you probably wont be doing to your 2-channel system.
5-channel is a whole nother ballgame so the following pretty much pertains to 2-channel.
no matter which method you choose to use remember that they are all rule-of-thumb and that only listening and experimenting over a fairly long period of time will get the optimal performance.
you may find that none of the prescribed methods are even close for your room/system or you may find that they all sound about the same to you.
the absolutley most important component/variable in the whole thing will be your ears.
if it doesnt sound right to you its not right period.
as you experiment you will hone your listening ability and be able to tell a compressed soundstage vs a wide and deep soundstage and whether the violins sound screechy or silky smooth with just the right amount of bite from the rosined bow etc.
and remember that your room is fully 50% of the equation/system and that any room can use a bit of treatment to help improve the sound.
just have fun with it and you will soon get the knack for getting the best soundstage/imaging/focus/tone from the system.
for a while.
you are now on the road to the asylum for tweaking therapy. ;)
have fun.
Follow Ups:
I have integrated my 2-channel and 5.1 channel systems together and don't find the need to alter my optimum 2-channel speaker placement to accomodate 5.1 channel DD/DTS Home Theater playback.And yes, everything sounds really good to my ears and also measures very well with my calibarted microphone and ETF5 room analysis software.
Can you specifiy what you think needs to be changed?
bstan
an overview of how ht systems are usually set-up.as an installer of dedicated ht systems its been my experience that the positioning of the front l/r speakers are usually compromised greatly.
they are usually installed in some sort of large entertainment center that contains the monitor/c-channel/etc and the levels/imaging are adjusted for a best-possible-under-the-circumstances situation.
waf is usually a very large part of the equation.
it sounds like you have taken the time to set-up your system for best possible imaging/soundstage/etc for 2-channel and ht integration and this i assure you places you in a very small minority of ht system owners.
unless the ht is designed from the ground up for 2channel and ht the 2-channel system will not be optimal for both stereo and ht.
ive been doing medium$/high-end$ ht system installation for a few years now and this has been my experience.
i hope to soon start working again part-time for an outfit that does $85k average ht systems.
they are starting one soon that is 10k sq.ft. !!!
thats the size of the theatre and not the house !!!
the last system i worked on had over $50k in cabling alone !!
as far as your system goes it sounds like you have taken a great deal of time for set-up and there is no posible way to recommend any specific changes over the internet.
and of course the only result that matters is how the system sounds to your ears.
Yes, I've spent the time to optimize what I do have.I've certainly been working in the field of digital convergence (video, sound, and data) and it's network implementation in schools for the last few years.
But, it sure sounds like what you're doing would be a whole lot more fun than the network design and consulting I was doing before I got laid off.
bstan
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