The cool thing about the XLO Test CD speaker set-up track is that it’s the only (rpt only) way to find the absolute best locations for ANY speakers in ANY room. All other methods are bound to fall short. The best you can do with other methods is find reasonably good locations, we call those LOCAL MAXIMUMS.
It’s like trying to solve x simultaneous equations in x+n unknowns. As you improve room acoustics with room treatments and add tweaks, lo and behold! You need to find the new optimum speaker locations. It’s a fluid situation on the ground. That’s why lasers and other measurement methods don’t work as well. Oh, you thought you only had to do it once? 😳 “You should hear the sound coming from all around you, from no particular direction.” That’s using the out of phase track, speaker set up track. “The better you can make my voice coming at you from all around when the system is out of phase, the better the sound will be when it’s in phase.”
By the way, it’s not easy at all, especially the first time, to get the guy’s voice to sound like it’s coming at you from all around the room, no matter how hard you try. There is a number of reasons why, you will find out as you go. It’s called coming to grips with reality. A journey of a thousand miles starts with one step. 😬
It’s like trying to solve x simultaneous equations in x+n unknowns. As you improve room acoustics with room treatments and add tweaks, lo and behold! You need to find the new optimum speaker locations. It’s a fluid situation on the ground. That’s why lasers and other measurement methods don’t work as well. Oh, you thought you only had to do it once? 😳 “You should hear the sound coming from all around you, from no particular direction.” That’s using the out of phase track, speaker set up track. “The better you can make my voice coming at you from all around when the system is out of phase, the better the sound will be when it’s in phase.”
By the way, it’s not easy at all, especially the first time, to get the guy’s voice to sound like it’s coming at you from all around the room, no matter how hard you try. There is a number of reasons why, you will find out as you go. It’s called coming to grips with reality. A journey of a thousand miles starts with one step. 😬