Dear All,
Actually I think both points are view are incorrect.
Firstly if you toe the speakers in, what you are actually doing is moving the focal zone of the speakers forward. i.e. the truely sweetest spot moves more forward. You are then more distal to the true focal zone or sweetspot. At that point the sound waves are already diverging from optimal. (this is called the fraunhofer zone for all you sonographers out there).
Sean's opinion I believe is incorrect also. Actually as the speakers get more and more in focus than the sweet spot narrows more. Any placement of the speakers which widens the sweet spot or faocal zone will cause less sharpness in in that sweet spot. So that if you untoe the speakers for instance the sweet spot will in fact be wider but the focus will not be as sharp.
This bothered me for a bit so I called Avalon (I have eidolons) and asked them abou this. Their answer is that with these speakers the focus is already so sharp that it is a matter of degree. The loss in sharpness is not very significant given to the overall sharpness of the image already. BUT if you were to toe themin more it would increase the sharpness and narrow the sweet spot in the near field.
SO I guess I am going to untoe my speakers a bit.
jd
Actually I think both points are view are incorrect.
Firstly if you toe the speakers in, what you are actually doing is moving the focal zone of the speakers forward. i.e. the truely sweetest spot moves more forward. You are then more distal to the true focal zone or sweetspot. At that point the sound waves are already diverging from optimal. (this is called the fraunhofer zone for all you sonographers out there).
Sean's opinion I believe is incorrect also. Actually as the speakers get more and more in focus than the sweet spot narrows more. Any placement of the speakers which widens the sweet spot or faocal zone will cause less sharpness in in that sweet spot. So that if you untoe the speakers for instance the sweet spot will in fact be wider but the focus will not be as sharp.
This bothered me for a bit so I called Avalon (I have eidolons) and asked them abou this. Their answer is that with these speakers the focus is already so sharp that it is a matter of degree. The loss in sharpness is not very significant given to the overall sharpness of the image already. BUT if you were to toe themin more it would increase the sharpness and narrow the sweet spot in the near field.
SO I guess I am going to untoe my speakers a bit.
jd