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Two surprising things I found that improved my imaging and staging...

... First off I have a odd room for my two channel listening and have been getting beat up trying to find proper placement. I have been reading a lot here and on the inter web and decided to use the room setup calculator on the Cardas site. ( http://www.cardas.com/room_setup_calculators.php )

#1 was how close to each other the speakers are now. I wouldn’t have placed them that close together.

#2 was that the best imaging and staging is with zero toe in.

Having a hard time wrapping my head around these changes but it’s the best my system has sounded since I finished the putting it together. lol

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ghdprentice
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Regarding rear wall and stuff between the speakers. I find it highly dependent on the speakers. My ribbon speakers didn’t seem to care that much about low racks (2.5’)  in between and liked the bare painted sheet rock behind them. My Sonus Faber Amati Traditional sound much better without the rack in between and with a thick Afghan rug covering the entire wall behind the speakers. 

Also, while the rule of thumb with my speakers is to toe them in to converge ~18” behind the listener… they sound much better in my room with no toe-in what so ever.

So, for me, it depends.


ghdprentice
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Congratulations. Speaker placement is a big deal and getting it right is really rewarding. Depending on the room and speakers 1/8th inch change can make a big difference. Glad it is going well!
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