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Question about speaker angle

I've always been under the impression that your front main speakers should be angled so that the "face" of the speaker is basically perpendicular with the listener's face when viewing the speakers from the sweet spot. I do however see others placing the speakers parallel or inline with the surface of the wall behind the speakers. I'm wondering, how much loss to the sonic sound stage this creates.

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Keep in mind that toe in alters high frequency response, the level of side walls reflection, and the relationship of direct and early reflected sounds.

^^ This! +1

Early side wall reflections are interpreted by the ear as harshness. So you toe in the speakers to reduce the amount of sidewall reflections, allowing the direct radiation to mask the side wall reflections. Sometimes you might even have to have the speakers cross in front of you to do this.

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