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!

dcp20124

Showing 2 responses by jawfxr01

Challenging scenario. I think rear wall is vital to imaging

and bass support etc but,… how to omit side wall reflection?

perhaps sound dampening? With both side walls you’re still dealing

with unequal reflection timing, so how do you address that? And

you wont have the imaging that you would with rear reflection.

challenging scenario. You didn’t mention speaker separation 

distance or whether you will treat it as near field listening.

good luck and all the best.

A picture of the setup would help a lot. If not, give us the

sidewall distance.