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Seating distance to Magnepan 3.6r's?

I'm moving from my current living conditions to a new apartment. The main room (living room and listening room) is 17 feet wide by 26 feet long with 10 foot ceilings. My questions is: the Maggie's will be approximately 4 to 5 feet from the front wall, what is a proper listening distance, how far back should one's listening chair be?
Thanks for all your comments.
zippyy

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zippyy OP
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The room is 17 feet wide. The speakers will be 7 to 8 feet apart, inside edge to inside edge.
zippyy OP
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Sogood,
That's puts the distance from listening position to the speakers at around 10 feet. I might be able to accommodate that. Thanks for your input.
zippyy OP
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Thanks Jafo100.
Since my room is 26.5 feet long, I hope I don't have to end up with the speakers 9 feet out into the room. Sogood51 thinks it will end more like 6 plus feet according to Cardas. We'll play around and see what happens. Thank you for your insight as well.
zippyy OP
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Philjolet, It's too bad I have to share this room as a living room, otherwise I'd turn it into a dedicated room. A room this size in Los Angeles is a true luxury.
Thanks Jafo, I'll try 12 inch increments like you suggested.
Sogood51, Won't 25% out in the room create MORE bass then 33% out in the room? Since it is not a dedicated room, the distance probably will never get out to 8 or 9 feet. But I will definitely try It to hear how it sounds compared to 4 to 5 feet.
Thanks again for all your input.
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