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Dipole Asymmetry

I am considering purchase of a pair of Martin Logan Summit X speakers. In my room, I am somewhat constrained for speaker placement. I could place the speakers about 3-4 feet off the front wall. My main concern is my audio rack would be placed directly behind the left speaker, while there would be nothing placed behind the right speaker. How detrimental would this asymmetry be on sound quality?
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imgood, tomcy6 has a point, and a simple solution to my mind.  Try duplicating the approximate shape of your left rack behind the right OR put panels behind both.  With the first, you mess a little with the diffusion behind the speakers.  With the second, you simply reduce the delay time.  You might try both just to see the difference and which you'd prefer.

I have dipole ribbons (Heil AMT's) 2' from the wall...sounds good to me. *G*  Lucky to have 'blank walls' behind though...
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