Extreme Toe In


In my search for a stable soundstage for 3 listeners I have settled on extreme toe in of my speakers. Amazing centered image for 3 people, huge and wide soundstage extending well outside of the speakers. It looks crazy but it sounds fabulous. No discernable loss of anything in the sweet spot. See 

https://youtu.be/OBLNY68VwZw?si=Ay4Ed5_qevKW9TcK

Not my system but found this while researching. 

maprik

I don’t use the term extreme, but I do use what DBX developed for home theater front speakers to get imaging across the full width for Video, and I adjust my music system toe in to something similar when it’s two listeners, both off-center. It is stable, just less wide if I leave them, and sit in the middle. I haven’t analyzed, but I bet there is some content that benefits from each setup.

DBX Cross Dispersion Method,

I made a virtual system to show it here

https://www.audiogon.com/systems/11516

Note: horns, driver types: my T350 horn’s mouths are specifically designed for wide dispersion with restricted height dispersion.

https://products.electrovoice.com/binary/T350%20EDS.pdf

your driver types will affect results, I use a CD with test tones and a SPL meter on a tripod at seated ear height at my listening position to measure what I am getting, and the results of any changes. I have a pair of L-Pads designed to adjust the mids to the woofer and adjust the tweets to the mids. You can see changes in specific frequency dispersion results, make a chart, take your time, take breaks, it took me 1-1/2 full days last time. 

It's worth the work and patience, they never sounded better, and that applies to each and every musical selection!

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