Toe in is crucial


I’m like the rest of us, obsessing about the smallest tweaks in power supplies, USB cables, cable risers, room acoustics, etc. But an underrated (or discussed) speaker tweak is toe in.

in my system (SF Amati, Mc components, Cardas, Weiss) adjusting speaker toe in by as little as ¼ inch has greater impact on SQ than many cable and other tweaks I’ve made at the tail end of refinement. The impact (and trade off) on sound stage, imaging, and treble presentation, by the smallest adjustments is profound.

I wasn’t quite satisfied with my system tonight—a little too forward; a narrower soundstage than I like. A ¼ inch toe in adjustment took me from hifi to the concert.

Not sure if others have experienced this, but thought I’d share.

w123ale

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A couple of years ago I made floor mounted angling devices that attach to the plinths of my Cornwall 4's. These brackets are perfectly centered on the wall behind the speakers and can be used to change the distance between the speakers relative to my center listening position, and then the angles between the speakers to high precision - about 1/16 of an inch. The speakers are both attached to the devices on one corner that pivots to the common wall behind them. To alter the angle from the wall is simply a matter of pivoting the speaker on the attachment point while measuring the swinging speaker corner to the wall behind it. A yardstick with 1/16th inch resolution controls the amount of "swing" (angle.)

Being able to easily adjust toe in quickly and effortlessly with such fine control was one of the best mods to my system.