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Structural beam in middle of listening room

Hello,
Room is 13'X20' with a steel structural beam(covered with wood strips)11' from the short wall behind the speakers, Wilson Sophia 2 with Pass XA30.8 amp.
I am down to twp positions.
Either the speaker woofers 4' from the rear wall behind and 6' apart with the listening chair just in front of the column and 7' from the woofers, or the speakers 6' from the rear wall(per Cardas rec) and the listening chair 2' behind the column so I'm looking at the column. Aesthetics aside, would you expect any adverse sonic effects from the column in front of the listening position?
Thanks,
Joe

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carlsbad2
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One column near the middle of the room is right near your chair and causing you problems.  It would be easy, and stronger, to replace the 1 column in the middle with 2 columns each at approximately 1/3 of the span   So you would have a column between your speakers but not near your face and one well behind you.  I would think this would be better.

Of course the more expensive solution is the have a civil engineer design a beam that does not need a column.

Jerry

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carlsbad2
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@o_holter Just a suggestion.  I can assure you that the 2 column arrangement is stronger than the one column as your span become shorter (1/3 vs 1/2). 

Not sure what kind of columns you have.  You could do it yourself with one or 2 of these $150 columns (or similar):

https://www.grainger.com/product/3CA83?gucid=N:N:PS:Paid:GGL:CSM-2295:4P7A1P:20501231&gad_source=1&gclid=Cj0KCQiAj_CrBhD-ARIsAIiMxT8BKWIaeCVptPr5uE_a2Q1gK_cpO8pAvdz2x2TvHdLcWa43LBiQlgAaAmakEALw_wcB&gclsrc=aw.ds

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