...continued from Silver Lace Revisited: Out went the adjacent wall HT setup, love seat and coffee table. Did the math from the Cardas site and marked the carpet with masking tape; transferred the measurements from a ruler to the tape with the boundaries the Cardas position from sidewall and Cardas to Stereophile article front and back. The former is width*.477, the latter, ceiling height*5/18. A 7" difference. Right on the Cardas result is the best position re: sidewall. Good center fill and cymbals not as localised to the speakers. Big improvement in piano not migrating unnaturally right to left as frequencies change.
Amazing differences in string bass sound as speakers were moved to the Cardas distance from the front wall but the soundstage worsened a bit. Moving them a little closer to the front wall a la stereophile improved the image and maintained the impact and tunefulness of the bass. I was very surprised that the bass actually improved further away from the wall as before.(Meadowlark Kestrels with rear-ported quasi-transmission line)
Not there yet, still playing with toe-in and listening position. The equilateral triangle isn't working for me; so far, about 12" more than the distance between speakers is good, then the next 12" away is poorer and the image improves as the distance becomes greater for about 18".
All this is also in-line with the Wilson method of walking around the room, clapping and talking loudly to oneself.
Oh the lengths we go to! I hadn't intended to take a day off but I guess Dr. Schmidlap will just have to wait for his Cherry Roanoke Postal Desk. This is important.
See Audio Aylum FAQ for references to Cardas and Wilson sites.
Amazing differences in string bass sound as speakers were moved to the Cardas distance from the front wall but the soundstage worsened a bit. Moving them a little closer to the front wall a la stereophile improved the image and maintained the impact and tunefulness of the bass. I was very surprised that the bass actually improved further away from the wall as before.(Meadowlark Kestrels with rear-ported quasi-transmission line)
Not there yet, still playing with toe-in and listening position. The equilateral triangle isn't working for me; so far, about 12" more than the distance between speakers is good, then the next 12" away is poorer and the image improves as the distance becomes greater for about 18".
All this is also in-line with the Wilson method of walking around the room, clapping and talking loudly to oneself.
Oh the lengths we go to! I hadn't intended to take a day off but I guess Dr. Schmidlap will just have to wait for his Cherry Roanoke Postal Desk. This is important.
See Audio Aylum FAQ for references to Cardas and Wilson sites.