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.

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g2the2nd

This question has to do with your room size and your speaker design. In my very small room, I have experimented both ways, toed in and straight ahead. The toed in position works fine, but I notice that I do lose some imaging specificity. I also find that on some recordings, the brass instruments can be a little too much in your face, so for me, straight ahead is the answer.

If you have the time & never done it before.. position your bookshelves so they criss cross past your outside shoulders. L speaker across rt outside shoulder, etc. 

My Rega RX5 towers with woofers outwards and no toe in. Speakers are designed with a wide dispersion and it certainly plays that way. 
The most toe in I’ve played with is very minimal maybe 1/4”. 

@simao 

Agreed. I’ve owned Ref 3a Grand Veenas twice and they absolutely don’t work with any toe in.