Corner Placement

I am trying out my Triangle Titus monitors with corner placement for the first time.    I like what I am hearing so far.    More bass out of those known to be somewhat bass shy speakers.    Big soundstage but not necessarily deep which may be a good tradeoff for me with those.

I also have a pair of Boston A40 speakers I refurbed recently to try there as well.

Also a pair of old OHM Ls I refurbed myself as well to try.   These are larger and more comparable in size at least to Audio Note. 

Something new and easy to experiment with.  We'll see. 

WAlan, but I am trying to understand what constitutes a speaker designed for corner placement?

Corner placement tends to enhance bass. That’s the only thing I can think of. So the speaker is designed to sound right with that corner bass boost and may be bass shy otherwise.

If so, any speaker that is shy on bass otherwise might benefit from corner placement.

The downside I can identify and hear with corner placement in general is sound stage depth.

Yes, I remember reading that about the AN cabinets. Definitely a unique feature. Tonian is another brand I recall that designs cabinets that way.

Not sure cabinets that flex have anything to do with corner placement being best though.

inna the AN setups I've heard had more soundstage depth than I would have thought and did not seem really 2-dimensional either, just not as much as many other good setups.   Plus other than that the AN setups at these shows continuously seem to be among my favorites.

Knowing what can be done otherwise, would that bother me over the long term?  Not sure.  My experimenting at home will help me answer that question.

I’m doing the corner placement experiments in a smaller room (12X12) where I find it harder to get soundstage depth. I value soundstage depth but this is not my main listening room so I am willing to make a tradeoff there especially since options there are limited.

Having the speakers in the corner out of the way of traffic in a small room is a nice benefit.

With the AN corner placement setups I have heard, the merits overall always seem to outweigh any deficiencies in soundstage depth compared to most in that regard.

I think you have to have a larger room in most all cases for the best soundstage depth, though I have heard it done quite well many times in smaller rooms with careful setup.

The benchmark demo for soundstage depth and imaging accuracy within was mbl 111e demo at United Home Audio a few years back. The gear and showroom were just maxed out in this regard beyond most anything else I have ever heard.

My OHMS and other speakers do a decent job at home in regards to soundstage depth but I do not have a room that really facilitates anything like what United Home Audio was able to do in their showroom.

Yes I can easily see where bass reinforcement provided by corner placement would greatly benefit use of low power SET or other amps ie use the room to best effect provide the extra boost likely needed and not there otherwise.   makes perfect sense.

My big OHM F5 series 3 speakers have 4 3 way level adjustments on each speaker.   The one for the low bass is labeled corner/wall/free or something to that effect ie low bass level can be adjusted to compensate for placement within the room.  I've found this to be a most useful feature to help get the speakers best integrated into the room.    Also John Strohbeen at OHM typically recommends speaker models based on room size ie how big is needed to properly load a room.    That's a  useful metric that most vendors pay little attention to.  It means you may not need the top of the line biggest model to get the best sound possible in teh line in any particular room, so the end cost typically depends mainly on room size.

One thing I am pretty sure of if I ever decide to take the plunge and add a SET amp system, which I have almost done many times to-date, I am pretty sure I would now definitely go with a corner placement arrangement of some sort. It seems to have the most advantages going for it and makes the flea powered tube amp option much more desirable for me.  WAF of corner placement helps a lot!

Wolf were I in a yurt or dome, chances are I would opt to listen exclusively with headphones which by chance are also often round.