it's taken me a long time and a lot of listening and trying different ideas. But tonight I got a little closer, I used a tape measure. I realized I was 3/8 off on the toe in and I moved a bookcase back so as to adjust the angle of an absorption panel measured from the wall that extended it out an inch Furthur than the side that had better bloom. Center image had been listing left lately. I guess I screwed it up when I tilted speakers back awhile ago. So much better. Lyrics are a lot easier to pick out and of course soundstage is equal. I had right side with nice bloom but vocals favoring left. Dual volume controls kept me from getting on it, ie laziness. Sometimes you just want to listen to music but shite that wasn't hard at all in practical terms. 5 minutes.
Speaker Placement - When it's perfect!
So many audiophiles have commented that when your room treatment is completed, your electronics set up and tweaked and most importantly, your speakers are set up in your listening space correctly that you'll know it because everything just sounds so "right" and natural. I just accomplished that feat in the last two weeks. I say two weeks because I needed to play a wide variety of recordings to be sure that I'm there. It is so great to have finally hit just the right set up.
I'm a bit embarrassed to admit that it has taken me well over a year of experimentation to get to this point. It's not that other placements yielded poor quality sound its just that now everything sounds like a live event (as much as any of our systems can).
I would really appreciate hearing about your journey to the promised land of audiophile/music lover bliss. How long did it take, what were the most difficult aspects of the journey? And if you have yet to get there, what do you think is the "brick in your wall"?
I'm a bit embarrassed to admit that it has taken me well over a year of experimentation to get to this point. It's not that other placements yielded poor quality sound its just that now everything sounds like a live event (as much as any of our systems can).
I would really appreciate hearing about your journey to the promised land of audiophile/music lover bliss. How long did it take, what were the most difficult aspects of the journey? And if you have yet to get there, what do you think is the "brick in your wall"?