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.

g2the2nd

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With my Martin Logan CLSs and now CLXs, I prefer no toe-in.  A couple of things though that others might find helpful:

1. I have no toe-in, but frequency balance and imaging is also affected by lateral distance between the speakers and distance you sit from them.  I like to be in an equilateral triangle, or closer.  I more back and forth until in what I describe as a sonic "bubble" that forms a time machine that takes me to the time and place of the recording.  For me, too close or too far collapses the bubble.

2. I use precision tools to help make sure the speakers are set up as well as possible, and record the measurements, for dialing in, or re-setting the system in case it is moved.  I use a Leica Distro digital tape measure for horizontal measurements, and a Swanson Tool Co SVT200 9 Inch Digital Torpedo Level that is accurate to 0.1%.  The later is used to ensure the speakers are both tilted exactly the same.

 

-docknow