O.C.D. Speaker placement

Maybe I should look into G.N.S. (getting new speakers) :-)
Hey Tpreaves, trade ya my studio 20's, $50 and a piece of bubblicious for them there Tylers ;-)

Lol tpreaves, my psychologist said it would be theraputic to talk about it ;-) please don't judge me, I know I'm crazy...

Thanks for the input guys, I think I should redirect my ocd'ness towards acoustic treatments and not worry about the other. Elescher, I measured the distance from the back of the speaker to the back wall, the sides to the side walls and have my chair centered in my room. When I do the string test from the center of my chair to the tweeters, I'm off by something like 1/2" to 3/4". Maybe my room isn't square? Anyways, I'm over it, for now. I was just partially curious if anyone else out there was as crazy about it as I was.

On a side note, i like all of your set-up's. Roxy, you ought to put your components on your page, maybe a couple of pics too :-)

I think that I've come to the conclusion that exact side wall and rear wall distances aren't nearly as critical as equal distance from a centerline from your seating position, and equal toe in and distance from the listening seat. The string test from the listening seat and toe'ing my speakers in more, with an equalateral triangle with speakers and seating position are paying large dividends in soundstage. The music is really coming together now :-)

Csontos, I never heard that the distance behind the speakers and behind the listener should be the same but thats exactly how I'm set up, just because that's where I get the cleanest bass and best imaging. I'm set-up in an extra bedroom so I'm sitting nearfield as my room is only 13' 1/2" long and both my speakers and my listening seat are around 40" out from the back wall. Thanks for the tip though, I'll end up adding that to the ocd speaker placement list!

Hey T, if you change your mind about my offer, just let me know. The Speakers and Gum are fully broken in, and the ink on the $50 bill may still be wet by the time you receive it :-)

I've found a placement that dounds pretty good to me now. For me, once I began to understand how each of the different positions effects the sound it was much easier for me to just place the speakers and be done with it.

Too much bass, pull the speakers out from the wall, pull your listening chair out from the back wall.

No center stage, push speakers closer together.

Too narrow of a center stage? Pull the speakers apart.

Adding absorption panels on the side walls and front wall made me less picky about speaker placement and yeilded better results than a 1/4 inch here or 1/2 inch there, 5 degrees of toe in, etc.

I became much less picky about exact measurements (even though I'm pretty sure my speakers are still pretty dang close to identical mirror image) and more concerned about room treatments. With absorption panels on my side walls I'm able to put my speakers closer to those walls and get a wider soundstage. I'd like to become more ocd about room treatments now; adding a mixture of diffusors, bass traps and absorption. I think that will yield better results.

Bravo Lacee!! No disrespect, but are you female or male.

You hit the nail straight on the head.

It's funny that this thread hasn't died off yet and, being the o.p., my view on this question has changed quite a bit since I posted this question.

I believe that great sound from our equipment isvery very important but that 1/4" here or a 1/4" there isn't what makes the difference between good snd great sound. I don't buy into that anymore even though Ido believe placement IS important but I believe that the quality and synergy within every single piece of the chain is actually more important than laser precise placement.

My current set-up sounds better than ever simply beacause of power cords, interconnects, power conditioners, and room treatments than I could have ever obtained through just speaker placement WITHOUT the aforementioned.