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Who positions their speakers straight ahead (zero tow in) and why.

I’ve been experimenting with toe in and tweeter position (inside v. outside) for my LRS and ProAC Studio 3 speakers. My listening position is about 8.5 feet from the speakers front surface.

In both cases I ended up with tweeters on the inside and zero toe in. I like the more immersive soundstage I get with zero toe in. I sacrifice a little of the lock in for the center image.

Zero toe in also makes my sweet spot for listening a little wider.

Sorry about the incorrect spelling and the missing question mark in the subject. I couldn’t edit the subject.

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avanti1960
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I do not for two reasons-

1) I like a big i-max like sound stage and space my speakers wide a'la Audio Note and then aim them inward to fill in the sound stage.  

2) My current speakers are a bit softer sounding and like to be aimed so you can see some of the inside cabinet walls.  

I have done it in the past with a more narrow spacing and speakers that sounded best with no toe in.- e.g. a wide dispersion point source speaker.  

I have heard it done w1th success at dealers and shows- mainly when:

1) Narrow room 

2) Speakers sound best with zero toe angle in terms of frequency balance, sound stage and imaging.  Not all speakers do.  

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