Depends a lot on the room acoustics and, particularly, what is on the side walls.
Kal
Kal
B&W 802d Room Placement
I'm posting this as a suggestion to 802d owners. The reviewers at Steriophile and Absolute Sound toed the 800d series in when they reviewed them. All of the photos I've seen on Audiogon, they are toed in.I've seen them in 2 dealers show rooms and they were also toed. I've owned these speakers for 3 yrs. and used them with a various equipment and room treatment. I would urge you to give them some time at 24" from the front wall, with no toe in.
It really opens up the sound and let's the virtues of the speaker come through.
It really opens up the sound and let's the virtues of the speaker come through.
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I think that side wall relationships are more significantlyThat is an indisputable fact. However, it can be minimized by designing a speaker with an off axis response that is wide with even dispersion and matches the on axis response very precisely in the shape of the response curve. A speaker that does this is more likely to sound the same over a larger area or sweetspot. This is because the response that you hear remains consistent at the majority of angles and the reflected sound field matches the primary sound field. The B&W N805 horizontal dispersion plot is a good example. Note the relatively small midrange scoop off axis (for a two way it ain't bad) and note how very consistent (in shape) is the behaviour of the off-axis response. |
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