Small Discrepancies in Speaker Placement


So, of course, after a hard day’s work, I had nothing better to do than futz around with speaker placement. After some trial and error, I found that my speakers (JA Pulsars non-graphene) work best when pointed straight ahead with no toe-in. When placing them, I inadvertently put the left speaker about 1/2" closer to the side wall than the right speaker. They were previously exactly the same distance from each side wall. With this new, slightly unequal placement, the speakers completely disappear. This was confirmed by my wife who, without any prompting, told me that the music now seems to be coming from out of nowhere, whereas it was directional previously. I can’t explain this phenomenon ... does 1/2" really make that much of a difference? HEY, turn off your dirty minds. wink Any opinions would be welcome. Thanks.
rlb61

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@soix ... you are correct, as usual. Funny thing is I had them firing straight before futzing with them and there was some directionality. Perhaps the 1/2" is somewhat related to the small room size (10x9x8). In any event, it’s been quite a happy accident.

@immatthewj ... I’ve got the speakers a little over 2.5' from the front wall to the baffle.

@newbee ... nope, never touched the cables and everything is in phase with a strong center image.

@lonemountain ... as I said previously, it was a happy accident. I had been so indoctrinated with the concept that all measurements had to be exact. I never thought that an ostensible mistake would be a solution.

@doni ... the speakers are about 7' apart from front baffle to front baffle. I'm driving them with a BAT VK-33 preamp and a BAT VK-225se power amp (150 wpc).