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In my space, the diagonal allows for good symmetry when it comes to space from walls and listening chair distance. This allows for good soundstage balance (a very important factor for me). And the space that would be needed to set the room up asymmetrically in the room (far enough away from the side walls with a large open space on the other side) would be significantly more than a corner set up.
I haven’t had my system set up in a rectangular room in years and I can’t remember the difference. But here seems to be minimal smearing from side walls in my set up. I found that there was a much larger amount of interference from the speakers sitting too close together rather than too close to the side or front walls.
So I suppose my sense of the benefit would be physical symmetry and use of space.
In my space, the diagonal allows for good symmetry when it comes to space from walls and listening chair distance. This allows for good soundstage balance (a very important factor for me). And the space that would be needed to set the room up asymmetrically in the room (far enough away from the side walls with a large open space on the other side) would be significantly more than a corner set up.
I haven’t had my system set up in a rectangular room in years and I can’t remember the difference. But here seems to be minimal smearing from side walls in my set up. I found that there was a much larger amount of interference from the speakers sitting too close together rather than too close to the side or front walls.
So I suppose my sense of the benefit would be physical symmetry and use of space.