Tweeters to the inside might be indicated if the speakers are relatively far apart, if the imaging seems too wide to you. In any case, sitting twice as far away as the speakers are far apart from each other will result in the opposite problem, not enough stereo separation, plus maybe too high a proportion of reflected to direct sound depending on just how far that was, both of which are factors that will downplay the 'imaging' sensation. It sounds as if you basically went from being too far away to too up close with your setup. Make sure that every time you change the distance of your listening position or the speakers, you reorient their toe-in angle to maintain perpendicularity of the panels to the listening axes aimed at your ears (or if you don't prefer 90-degrees, than to maintain whatever angle you've established). If one side tends to predominate in your room you can fine-tune that if your preamp has a balance control.
Moving from mid-fi to hi-fi -- Imaging questions
Hi. I am in the processing fine tuning the placement of my Magnepan 3.6's. I am new to the kind of detailed imaging these magnificent speakers provide. A few questions arise ...
What does it mean when I have excellent imaging but the instruments are in the wrong place? For example, I can pinpoint the high-hat cymbals and the snare drum but they are like 6 feet apart. I know from playing drums that that is just not possible. Also on drums, the distance when between tom toms is unrealistic -- like on the out edges of all the other instruments.
Sometimes voices are right on top of each other when I feel sure one is actually standing on the left and one on the right. Other times, the voices are clearly side by side.
I have a wide variety of cds, many considered audiophile grade. I am wondering if these are differences in the way the recording and or mixing is done. Overall, the music sounds great and imaging is exquisite but I want to get the most these speakers offer. Do I need to keep working my placement or am I reaching the limit of the source material?
As a side question: Is there any difference in the quality of manufactured CDs? I read once that some cds (BMG for example) were lower quality. I always buy my music used. Is there any difference in brands of cds? And down side to buying used cds?
Thanks all.
What does it mean when I have excellent imaging but the instruments are in the wrong place? For example, I can pinpoint the high-hat cymbals and the snare drum but they are like 6 feet apart. I know from playing drums that that is just not possible. Also on drums, the distance when between tom toms is unrealistic -- like on the out edges of all the other instruments.
Sometimes voices are right on top of each other when I feel sure one is actually standing on the left and one on the right. Other times, the voices are clearly side by side.
I have a wide variety of cds, many considered audiophile grade. I am wondering if these are differences in the way the recording and or mixing is done. Overall, the music sounds great and imaging is exquisite but I want to get the most these speakers offer. Do I need to keep working my placement or am I reaching the limit of the source material?
As a side question: Is there any difference in the quality of manufactured CDs? I read once that some cds (BMG for example) were lower quality. I always buy my music used. Is there any difference in brands of cds? And down side to buying used cds?
Thanks all.
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