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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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devinplombier
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My Infinity RS-II were toed in towards my ears.

Reading this thread, I thought why not point them straight (no toe-in) and see what happens?

To my surprise, the soundstage improved quite a bit, though precision and immediacy seem to have been dialed back a bit.

The sweet spot may well be somewhere in between then. I'll experiment with that but I'll let things settle for a few days first.

 

devinplombier
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Anyone else here experimented with asymmetric speaker toe-in?

@bolong

Well, I am. My room is large but asymmetrical, so I thought it was worth trying. I am far from done, but at this point my left speaker crosses ~2 ft in front of my head while my right speaker crosses approx 1 ft behind my head. They’re about 15 ft away from the front wall. I would say this is the best they’ve sounded so far.

 

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