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Speaker Placement CD

Hey A-goN'rs,

I recall posts regarding at least one or more different speaker placement CD's that audibly assist with locating the optimal speaker position in the room. Anyone have the name(s) of these products? What was your experience? Were you able to find an optimal position for your speakers using the guided assistance? Did your system sound better after finding the optimal position? 

Lastly, what happens if you are unable to place you speakers in the optimal position due to extenuating circumstances such as WAF (not an issue for me in my man-cave) or finding that the optimal position is right in the middle of your foot traffic pattern? Does the guided app help you find the best compromise position too, in the event you cannot use the exact optimal positioning?

I'm just curious because my room and speaker placement is not typical. I can't easily change the basic location of my speakers. I just want to optimize them as best possible. I really like the basic sound of my setup and there are no major deficiencies I'm trying to resolve. Just curious if a guided speaker placement CD would be of any benefit to me.

Oh, speakers are large bookshelf type, on stands - vintage Infinity RS1.5. And they rock!


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reubent OP
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For anyone looking, per the link that @gdhal provided, the other speaker placement CD looks to the IsoTek.
reubent OP
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@jafant - thanks for your reply, but the Stereophile test CDs were not what I was looking for. I have at least one of those, but I was looking for a CD that specifically helps identify the EXACT correct speaker position in the room.

@gdhal - Thanks, that's one of them for sure. I knew Geoff posted the information at some point, and I tried to find it. However, Geoff is such a prolific poster that I could not find his post recommending the XLO CD.

Gentlemen, I greatly appreciate your responses.......
reubent OP
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@trelja - Trust me, I understand that if I do not use the optimal position, I will get sub-optimal results. Unfortunately, I am somewhat limited in speaker placement in the room I'm using. I am limited to one particular wall on which to place the speakers and system due to physical limitations of this room in my basement.

That said, I don't really have any restrictions where the speakers go along that wall. I've got nearly was much width, depth and height as I need, along that particular wall.

I guess my questions regarding the speaker placement CDs, like XLO, are:

1). "Does the placement CD tell you exactly in the room the speakers should be placed"
2). "Does it start from scratch and tell you where to place the first speaker"
3). "Does the speaker placement CD tell you where to place the second speaker, relative to the first speaker"?

If I can place one speaker in approximately the position where I want it to reside, will the CD help me place the second speaker to best compliment the first speaker? I would think this is how it works because my understanding is, that when using the CD, everything falls into phase (sounds correct) when the second speaker is moved into the correct position, relative to the first speaker.

Thanks for your comments and any additional insights........


reubent OP
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@geoffkait - Thank you for taking the time to respond. You explained exactly what I wanted to know about the XLO CD speaker placement process. Most appreciated.........
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