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Where to position speakers in new apartment

So I finally have an apartment which means I may actually get to hear my system sometime in the next year! The living/dining room where my rig will live is roughly 17 by 20 with windows on one short wall and an open kitchen at the other end (see a floorplan of the place here).

There are two possible setups as I see it: the speakers could go on the short wall with the windows, which would mean utilyzing the long axis of the room; or they could go on the end of the long wall towards the windows, leaving the listening field open on one end.

I'm by no means an acoustics expert, so I was wondering if you guys might take a look and tell me what you think would work better/best for speaker positioning. FYI: the room has 15' ceilings, hard wood floors, and a pass-through cutout to the kitchen; my Totem Forests are w 8 x d 10.5 x h 36".

Sorry if I've left out any vital information, and thanks for all your help. Room treatment fun to follow.

-mattt
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kr4
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This ain't too different from my room and I have had good results with the speakers in front of the windows. However, they are 4-5 feet in front of the windows, there are adjustable acoustic drapes on the windows and I have a bass trap in each of the front corners. The nice thing about this arrangement is that the listening seat, facing the speakers, will have no wall or reflecting surface directly behind. The elimination of a short rear reflection is advantageous.

Kal
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HT? Just close the drapes completely. You can then lower the screen in front from the soffitt above. ;-)

Kal
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I actually have no video display in that room with the exception of a small 7" LCD for menuing. I like having the city views in the evening while I am listening.

My HT is in another room.

Kal
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