HELP Speakers sound brighter and 3D stage is lost

The above suggestions are all excellent, but (and I hate to bring this up) I wonder whether those speakers are just plain too large for your new room, both physically and in the bass they produce. A smaller, stand-mounted speaker (for example, B&W 805Ns) might be able to give you much of your imaging and soundstaging back, as they would enhance the possibility of nearfield listening, and a good sub, if necessary, could add any bass you felt was missing (in a small room, you really may not miss the additional bass the 802s produce). If your speakers are new, any way your dealer can make this happen without a loss to you? Otherwise, I'd suggest setting them up on the long wall and adopt a nearfield listening spot to get back your soundstage, although I think you may have some bass problems depending on how close to the back wall you have to sit. Can't help you on the brightness, I agree with Buckingham, I find B&W's bright, but that's a personal bias and maybe breakin will ameliorate the problem. Good luck!

I think he means six inches from the back wall, not the side walls???

Thank you all for the great response.

The speakers are on the short wall. I tried placing them along the long wall and they sounded brighter.

The distances were approximate; the 8 ft is from the inside of the speakers.

I will move the speakers as you folks have mentioned and will post the results.

Thanks
Sukhi

Move them out from the walls and dont toe them in also let the thing break in for a couple of hundred hours.

Natalie is right about toe-in. That would put Sukhi directly on axis with the tweeters, making them appear to be even brighter than what he is dealing with now. This would also reduce soundstage width and tend to focus imaging to a smaller, but possibly more pin-point, area.

Like i said, Sukhi has a LOT of experimenting to do with speaker placement and learning about room acoustics. Sean
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