Question about speaker angle

@audiosens 

Nice system! 45” - 55” in general would be a very short base, but as always very system / room dependent.  Looking at your system / room it looks completely appropriate. 

@iclickjohn

Glad to hear you got you got you speakers toe in dialed in!
 

I guess I don’t understand the quandary. Every listening space is radically different. Virtually all aspects of audio are “it depends” because every system / listening space is different.. 
 

I bet if you moved your speakers away from each other or towards each other, or away from the wall in front,.. or put sound absorbing material on the wall in front, on the sides and / or behind you… you can get additional sizable improvements in sound. 

@fstein 

I hope this was when you were young.

Experimentation always required. Starting position, “cross the beams” 18” behind your head in the listening position. I put a tall object behind my listening chair and use a laser measurer to point the speakers. This has the added value of checking the distances are the same.

This was the recommended position for my speakers. But I noticed the sound field was restricted… and my speakers are known to disappear. So, I gradually changed the toe in until there was none… still had a strong central image and the sound field opened up and the speakers disappeared.

You just can’t be sure until you try. More toe out until the central image starts to get weak. It is great practice because it helps demonstrate what a sound field is and how it works.

if you have a large enough room… pull the speakers out another foot. Reduce or enlarge the space between speakers. Each will show you another variable of the sound stage.