room setup suggesion needed


Hi everyone,

 

The question is for gurus of room setup.

Question is if anyone can suggest improvement of the situation where there is not much room for adjustment.

So there you go: 

1) Room conditions

room size 30ft x 30ft

audio wall with the location near centerline

rehearsing distance from the wall 9ft

sound focal point with speakers directed 8ft sound cross path directly at rehearsal point  ( not much room to adjust focal point could be pushed back max 3ft, not too happy about that idea)

speakers spread at 10ft center to center ( could be spread possibly to max 12ft with given wires)

speaker face 2ft off the wall less than 1ft space behind ( could be moved forward and tilted)

wall treatments floor dampening as well, floor standing speakers on spikes.

2) SYSTEM SPEC

speakers JBL 4367

speaker wires FURTECH Douglas 7ft be-wire Rhodium spades 

Amp Pass Labs X250.8

Pre amp Pass Labs XP-12

Phono Pass Labs XP-15

Turntable VPI Classic 1 JMW 10.5  Hana ML

Server Mac mini  

DAC Schiid Modius balanced out

inter connector cable Canari XLR 

system fully balanced 

power cables FURTEH 

 

 

Honestly system sounds really good, but better is enemy of good so is there anything I can do better or is there anything that I'm doing wrong ?

 

Thanks for opinions!

 

 

ssg308

Showing 3 responses by ghdprentice

I guess it depends. But if you start with a recommended configuration, I would say a small spaces are much harder. You have wall reflections on all sides (including behind the listeners head) to worry about… bass reinforcement you may not be able to fix, except by tube traps, lack of abolition to get enough space behind the speakers… etc.

All speakers are different, all rooms and furnishings are different, as are components driving the speakers. What you get is a nearly infinite variability. Hence there are some standard starting positions for each of the position variables. The listening triangles cannot be too large or the stereo effect begins to disappear, bass reinforcement from distance from back and side walls, and how direct the tweeters point at your ears effects the soundstage profoundly as tweeters are very directional with sound dropping off, off axis. Slow methodical experimentation required.

Typically lots of experimentation is the key. 
 

If I understand your setup. I would try a smaller triangle 6 - 8’ between speakers. Out from the wall a couple feet (wall to back of speaker) or more. Best if there is nothing between the speakers other than dampened wall. The toe in must be experimented with to get optimal wide sound stage without loosing a powerful central image. That takes experimentation. My speaker manufacturer recommends crossing the beams behind the listener’s position. In my room, they sound best with no toe-in. 
 

If you are not used to hearing differences, it can be best to leave it in one position for a month… then try moving… and leave in the better position. Wait another couple weeks… really get to know the sound / soundstage. Distance from wall / inter speaker distance first, then toe in.