How far do you sit from your speakers


How far from your speakers do you sit and how far apart are your speakers (measured center to center of the front baffle) looking for the distance to the actual speaker not the line between them.

Just curious asked this on another forum and it appears my triangle is much bigger then the average.

I'm 9.5' apart and 17' from my speakers
awahlster

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I like the near field monitor arrangement. In all of my rooms I have suppressed the primary reflections by sitting close. I am 10.5 feet from the speakers and the speakers 9 feet apart, which is a ratio of .86 This has worked well for me in all the setups. I am in a large room so I don't have to worry about reflections off the back wall, the front wall is dampened and the speakers are 3 feet from the side wall with diffraction there. It is very speaker dependent. The wider the angle of dispersion of the tweeters and midranges, the wider you can move your speakers. I also toe in my speakers a bit. This is after several years of moving a little this way and that, and eventually ending up here. part of the fun, I guess.
As always, Elizabeth, you made me laugh! "I am the "W"! And, a great detailed description. Any pictures of the room?

The angles seem narrow with 100" to the speakers and 59" between the speakers. Is that characteristic of the 3.6? Is 42" closer than average from the back wall? I am asking because I am curious about getting into Maggies and this seems different than the typical box speaker.