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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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ghdprentice
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There are many reasons to fire straight forward, many have nothing to do with hot tweeters. 

ghdprentice
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I have Sonus Faber Amati Traditional. The starting point is typically suggested to be to have the beams cross behind your head a foot or so. I started there. Then slowly over six months moved the toe in out to be more perpendicular until they were pointed straight out. In my room, this maintained the central image and opened  up the soundstage with and depth until on some recordings the speakers disappear. The sound of playing a piano is linear across the soundstage (when recorded to be). So in my large room, this is the best positioning. 

 

Speaker and room dependent. 

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