All, thanks for the responses! It's fun to share the joy of discovery with like minded people (albeit most of you are far more experienced and knowledgeable than I).
Stan, I don't know about the placement police but the waf police nearly imprisoned me after the Owens corning fiber panels came in!
Davt - prolly a good life philosophy embedded in your last thought! Thanks.
Nsgarch - the room is my biggest adversary. I am in a finished basement that is of open design. The easiest way to describe it is that the room is 16x13 feet, however one of the 16 foot sides is open. There is however a structural column in the middle of where the invisible wall would stand. Ideally, I could place the speakers on the other 16 foot wall, but the placement of the column opposite the wall prevents placing any sort of listening chair... So, the speakers are on the shorter wall. The space opens another 26 feet or so past the invisible wall to a built in bar area... The challenges here are numerous, but the fact that one speaker has a corner behind it and the other does not seems the biggest obstacle. I have experimented heavily with diy bass traps including several days spent with a sound meter and test tone cd sampling response... I hope some of this makes sense. I am always grateful for thoughts and advise!
Stan, I don't know about the placement police but the waf police nearly imprisoned me after the Owens corning fiber panels came in!
Davt - prolly a good life philosophy embedded in your last thought! Thanks.
Nsgarch - the room is my biggest adversary. I am in a finished basement that is of open design. The easiest way to describe it is that the room is 16x13 feet, however one of the 16 foot sides is open. There is however a structural column in the middle of where the invisible wall would stand. Ideally, I could place the speakers on the other 16 foot wall, but the placement of the column opposite the wall prevents placing any sort of listening chair... So, the speakers are on the shorter wall. The space opens another 26 feet or so past the invisible wall to a built in bar area... The challenges here are numerous, but the fact that one speaker has a corner behind it and the other does not seems the biggest obstacle. I have experimented heavily with diy bass traps including several days spent with a sound meter and test tone cd sampling response... I hope some of this makes sense. I am always grateful for thoughts and advise!