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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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There are really four basic adjustments.

1. Distance from wall behind speakers.

2. Distance of listening position from speakers (assuming this is adjustable).

3. Distance from side walls (corollary: distance between speakers).

4. Toe-in.

Whenever you make a change to 1, 2, or 3, you need to adjust 4 to keep it the same angle, but in addition if you change 1, 2, or 3, a different toe-in may prove to be optimal.

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