Room Acoustics and Speaker Placement

Hey guys,

I’m moving to a new condo next month. It’s going to be a living room setup and I have two options:

1) speakers will be positioned such that it will only have 1 side wall. The other side will be open (dining area).

2) speakers will have both side walls (not equidistant) but no rear wall (my back will be towards the dining area).

I know that neither setup is ideal but if you were to pick one, which one would it be and why?

let me know if you need more info. Thanks in advance for your suggestions!

dcp2012405-29-2025 3:34am

immatthewj Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 3,025 posts 05-29-2025 at 03:51am Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete I am not a guru, but although I’d think experiment with both if you have the outlets available (or enough speaker cable) I’d THINK having the sidewalls but having whatever is in the dining area as a rear wall would be the better option. I’d THINK that with this option, your reflection points to the side would be equal, and if they were not, I would also THINK that your left/right balance would be skewed. As far as the dining room where the back wall would be, at least there will be stuff back there for diffraction and I would also THINK it might be advantageous to have that as opposed to a reflection off of a back wall that was closer.