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Setup Speakers Along Long Wall?

Just moved into new house and was gifted by my wife a 121/2’x23’ room with 7’-101/2’ sloping ceilings. I’ve been putting together a system, which so far consists of Technics 1200G/Hana ML, Sutherland 20/20 LPS, Audioquest interconnect/speaker cables, i7Roon Core NUC, iFi Zen Streamer and Shunata power cables and conditioner.

Unfortunately, every turntable position other than against the wall 7’ in front of speakers results in horrible cartridge bass/room interaction. Against the wall either requires 15’ speaker cables, or a balanced phono preamp and 12’ balanced interconnects.

So, here is my two part question. Better long interconnects, or speaker cables?

Second question. What downside is there to placing my listening position against the long wall? Currently, 7’ from short wall.

vonhelmholtz

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designsfx
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From my experience I agree with Baylinor. When setting up my room (using the long wall for placement) I was not able to overcome the reflections. Heavy speaker toe in made things somewhat listenable at low volumes but everything fell apart afterwards. I have no direct experience with using a turntable in this regard.

Rotating to the short wall, applying heavy window treatments and moving the speakers further into the room made all the difference. Ultimately I added diffuser panels, one on each side wall and one on the ceiling to tighten everything up. Since making these changes the only improvements have been with my adjusting seating position forward/backward but I only do this when auditioning new equipment.

 

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