Speakers near fireplace


I’m moving and in the new house it seems the best speaker position would be to have them on each side of the fireplace. They’re Vandersteen 2CE Signatures. I want to put them about a foot or so to the right/left of the fireplace and about 1-1/2 feet in front of the wall with the fireplace.

There are glass doors on the fireplace but I’m thinking of replacing that with a screen.

I would plan on putting the amp, etc. further to one side of the left speaker. The only real problem I see is that there will be a cable running across the floor (in front of the fireplace) to the right speaker. That and I will have one speaker close to the amp. In the past my rig was basically in the middle of both speakers, what’s the best way to handle 12’ of cable with only 2-3 feet needed on the one side?
jetson

Showing 4 responses by tomic601

keep the built ins....give me a room with lots of natural odd surface diffration any day over the typical audiophile dedicated space with a forest of monoblocks on the floor right in front of the ( never used turntable)...

but......this room screams...for Vandersteen VLR and a sub, add another later....

my two cents....
Glad to hear my sound has been killed !
skin it and bbq is next !
resonant frequency of the flu looks like a 20’ transmission line, terminated with a squirrel proof shakti stick topper !

Seriously, re ran my numbers last eve because I moved the 7’s

real in room measurements at listening chair

Left +1 dB at 20 HZ
Right -2.25 dB at 20 HZ

yes biwire !
IF you do go equal length, do not create an inductor ( coil ) with the short side wire.....a large diameter coil Ok, loop back and forth is better ! 
bearskin rug and SQ be darned!!!!!!

just kidding..

two out of three pairs of Vandersteens we own flank fireplaces. The 7 and before that 5a were for years powered by an Ayre amp off to the side. On unequal wire length for a time and phase accurate speaker designed for biwiring, I and I believe the designer would advise equal lengths, you can always always listen and let your ears guide you. I managed to get the Ayre stereo amp close enough to use two 9’ wires..Have monoblocks now so the XLR for the right channel crosses the FP insert.
In our Condo system w TREO they also flank FP, equal length Kimber that will eventually get routed thru walls and under firebox.

IF you want to experiment in absorbtion inexpensively, I recommend 4 x 2’ x 2’ SONEX foam panels on a 1/4” Luan plywood backer.

have fun

I am sure Johnny R will have lots of input.