Let us know the results of your experiments. G'luck
Speaker Positioning
I have a very small listening room. My Mirage bi polar M5's are about 7 feet apart and my head is about 7 feet from them when I'm in my listening chair. Should I toe them in and point towards the chair or point them straight ahead?
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Try the mirage speakers owners forum http://www.miragespeakers.com/v2/forum.php I would keep bipolars away from walls and especially the rear wall....so as to delay the reflected energy. It seems the brain can handle secondary reflections as long as they are not "crowding" the primary signal (you will sense if this is happening as it sounds "claustrophobic"). In essence a biploar is like having a virtual second set of speakers placed behind your rear wall at the same distance as your speakers are from the rear wall => you actually hear four speakers ...really I am serious!! Therefore toe in or out will do very different things compared to a conventional speaker. For example, if you toe in the real speaker then your "virtual" speaker will toe out!!! That is why MrTennis suggestion to toe out is an option worth checking out...as it might give you a very wide soundstage whilst maintaining a solid central image. I suggest you try to sit at about 1.5 times the distance between your speakers and well away from any wall behind your head. G'luck |