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Is toeing speakers a bad idea?

I was toeing in my speakers and that seemed like a good thing to do. But then I decided to de-toe the speakers. I was hoping that the speakers dispersed things well enough and maybe they don't need to be focused so much to create a so-called sweet spot.

I found the imaging in the room was a lot better and sound improved. The room is a rectangular room and the speakers are placed at one end of the room about 3 feet from the wall. Room sizes 17 x 23 with a 7 ceiling. Maybe someone can share some rationale for this.  I feel the sound waves may spread out better and not be so disturbed when they collide in a so called sweet spot near my skull.

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@emergingsoul 

This is an oldish thread and I hope you have toed in your speakers or otherwise to your satisfaction by now.

My room is rectangular with a cathedral ceiling. Looking at the speakers I have alcoves. a display cabinet and a bookcase running down the left side and wall to ceiling glass doors running down the right side.

Took me quite a while to figure out to keep the left speaker almost straight on, maybe a degree toed in. The right needed to be toed in about 5 degrees with 3db of balance applied to the right.

Keep tweaking your speakers until they sound great, no rules.

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