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What Could Cause Center Image To Present Lower than Expected

I will preface with admitting, that I am not an audiophile, but a hobbyist at best. Purchased Totem Acoustic Forest Sig. I am powering them with a ModWright  KWH 225I with Morrow Audio Sp7 speaker cables. My primary source is an Ayon S10 MKII network player/DAC feed by Small Green Computer (ROON) with Snake River Audio Mumushi Sig XLR interconects.

Integrated/Player feed with Morrow Audio Elite Power cords from a Shunyata PS8 w/Defender. PS8 connected with Shunyata Alpha v2 NR power cord.

Room is 13x19. Speakers 7' apart and 4" from front wall and 2.5' from side wall. No toe-in.  Audio equipment behind speakers along short wall with TV above mounted to wall. There is an 8x10 decorative rug hung on wall behind tv/equipment.

From the get-go, I have been very happy with sound and center image / soundstage present without fiddling with anything. Better than my ATC SCM19 v2.

My issue is with how low the center image presents.  Not sure how to proceed. Where to start. Is it most likely a speaker adjustment or component issue? I know my room is not properly treated.

Scott

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Showing 3 responses by erik_squires

erik_squires
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You are tilting the wrong way.  You need the speaker to tilt back more OR sit further away OR sit lower 

erik_squires
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Since these speakers are angled, you may also try increasing the distance from the seat to the speakers.

erik_squires
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Sounds like a chair/speaker angle thing.  Lower your chair, or raise the front of the speakers.

This is kind of a common problem with 2-way speakers for some reason.  I won't say it always happens, but that it's only with 2-way speakers that it seems the balance is such we want to listen on the mid-woofer's axis instead of the tweeter.  A couple of designs out there solve this by switching the tweeter and mid-woofer's location.  Try my suggestions and let me know.

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