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Perfect Speaker Placement - Put next to the back wall as much as possible.

Hello,

I happen to find an good article about the ideal speaker placement. 
(Easiest version without numbers & formulas that I can’t honestly understand :D)

I’d like to share. 

Personally I find two things interesting.

1) Only use 40% of the room area (38% rule)

2) Put the speaker as close as possible to the back-wall (next to bass trap)

Of course, minor adjustment would be required depending on speakers.
Still, I think this is helpful to figure out the very first step. 

http://arqen.com/acoustics-101/room-setup-speaker-placement/

https://realtraps.com/art_room-setup.htm

Happy listening.

p.s. what should I do with half of the room left... :?
128x128sangbro

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twoleftears
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"The guidelines I’m going to give you are based on best practices for both pro and home recording studio setup. But most of this advice applies whether your room is a mastering studio, hi-fi listening room, project studio or home theater."

1st sentence: fine, OK.
2nd sentence: wrong, wrong, wrong. Pity you crossed that bridge.
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@audio2design  I recommend you go the whole hog and just build your speakers into your front wall.  I'm sure that way you'll gain inestimable enjoyment from your system.
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The only way to solve the problem is like this.
https://6moons.com/audioreviews/stax/stax_2.html
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If you have plasterboard walls and studs 16" on center, you have plenty of room to fashion some niches/alcoves into which the speakers can be inserted.  Try to make the niches/alcoves as deep as possible, even if this means robbing some space from the contiguous room.
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