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Sweat spot? Sp. placementt again

I get better sound standing up, rather than sitting, at the listening position. Anyone encountered this? Pls read on before you bash...
The listening position is two feet from the listener's back wall which is damped with wall carpeting.
We pooled resources with my partner (she's from down under: they hear things diffferently there, so she says) reaching an optimum positioning for our Gen Vs, following hints from Redkiwi's ("speaker placement") posts -- thanks everyone!
The room has an asymetrical listener's back wall, with a round fireplace on one corner and a 7ft opening at the other -- 12ft wall in between. The ceiling is 8ft high, room length ~25ft.

We tried listening closer to the speakers -- but, no cigar. Tried a higher chair too! -- ditto.

Any ideas?? Thanks.
gregm

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detlof
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Hello Greg, do you get this at all listening levels, no matter if the music is loud or soft? I've come across this phenomenon, with the image seemingly rising on the speakers, the louder the music gets. I've learnt this to be phase related. Otherwise, maybe I'm naive, but what I would have tried first, is to tilt the speakers forward a bit. But you already tried something like this, with the higher chair. Also, please tell us, HOW does it sound "better" ? Is it in the voicing of the Gen, is there a better soundstage, are instruments better defined? An interesting problem. Wonder what the true cognoscienti will say...
Regards,
detlof
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Please let us know, how things went, after damping the first reflection point on the ceiling. This could well be the culprit, especially that point, where the tweaters start reflecting.
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