I'm in a smaller bungalow. Our living room is my listening room, 13' x 18'x 9'. There's an adjoining 11'x12' room attached, so really very little symmetry to my set-up. Pulsars are stand mounted, 7' apart C to C with just the slightest toe in. They bookend a recessed fireplace, which works well in that while the rear of the speaker protrudes only 8" off the support columns of the wall that is their home (wife factor), the monitors are for the most part physically 4' into the room, giving them some breathing space and providing a since of air while remaining tolerable to the Significant Other. Generally listening from 10-12' away.
Source is typically Qobuz thru a Lumin driven by Atma-Sphere's LMS-1 pre and M-60 amp pair. Audioquest cables. As bubinga mentioned, a lot to be said for integration with a sub(s). My sub(s) are just a DIY project probably 30 yrs old now. Nothing fancy at all. They're driven by an outboard sub amp whose make I don't even recall. The subs are given very little juice. There's seldom any floor rattling, regardless the volume. But they do certainly add to the Pulsar's presence, even at low listening volumes. Beauty of the Pulsars (no doubt with help of Atma-Sphere) is that there's no specific sweet spot one needs to find. In our smaller room setting, always sounds pretty damn impressive and stereophonic regardless of where one sits/stands, even w/o being a truly symmetrical space. Pulsars are one of better listening decisions ever I've made. Have fun and enjoy.
Source is typically Qobuz thru a Lumin driven by Atma-Sphere's LMS-1 pre and M-60 amp pair. Audioquest cables. As bubinga mentioned, a lot to be said for integration with a sub(s). My sub(s) are just a DIY project probably 30 yrs old now. Nothing fancy at all. They're driven by an outboard sub amp whose make I don't even recall. The subs are given very little juice. There's seldom any floor rattling, regardless the volume. But they do certainly add to the Pulsar's presence, even at low listening volumes. Beauty of the Pulsars (no doubt with help of Atma-Sphere) is that there's no specific sweet spot one needs to find. In our smaller room setting, always sounds pretty damn impressive and stereophonic regardless of where one sits/stands, even w/o being a truly symmetrical space. Pulsars are one of better listening decisions ever I've made. Have fun and enjoy.