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cardas speaker positioning

I have my speakers positioned within a living space. Compromised, but acceptable. With a few quick room tweaks, not bad.

Been feeling the upgrade bug lately, so I moved my 7 year old boxes into the recommended
Cardas position and...wow! My system now sounds like all the money I dumped into it.
Now I’m imagining those NEW speakers in this position!

A reminder-you really do have to get the speakers to play to the room.

I DO hear all the ’phile adjectives, but man, it sure looks ridiculous.

Without a dedicated space, how the heck do you guys explain having speakers (3-4ft+) out in the room to the S.O.?

Just curious, as I don’t have to answer to a "higher authority"

The girlfriend rolls her eyes anytime she sees what’s going on in my place.





tablejockey
audioconnection
1,270 posts
 
Only you can decide in your mind
if you want to participate in the satisfaction of music with performance and true functionality or be a slave to fashion repeating
Wee nee wow speakers with the expectation of different results not me pal life's too short 
Best
JohnnyR

tablejockey OP
3,793 posts
 
"As soon as I plop most guests into the sweet spot and play something familiar no explanation is necessary."
m-db: same thing happens here. Then, a response such as-"it sounds better than something at Best Buy" 

Nothing like affirmation, especially when Best Buy is in the same sentence!

audioconnection-indeed, like is too damn short. Im leaving my speakers in their new position, and deciding if I REALLY do want fund an extravagant purchase.

Even passive listening with my old Mac MR71 tuner, has been elevated.

vair68robert's avatar
vair68robert
596 posts
 
I've been using the Cardas formula for a few years
ever since I started using their cables,
The equilateral triangle is the key,
wall space depends on the speaker porting,
my previous speakers had a rear port so being further away
from the front wall was important, distance was about 7 feet
apart and to the sweet spot.
my current speakers have a front port so I can be closer to the front wall,
now at at just over 8 feet apart and to the sweet spot
Toe-in can be a difference of a 1/4 inch between good and great.
Moving the speakers is free and in most cases easy.
Room treatment can make a suprising improvement.
Have fun.

twoch
429 posts
 
Five feet out in the room
Where is the bass at 
Are you 10.5 feet sitting  from your speakers. I don't go
Past 48 inches from back wall. I start to miss bass
tablejockey OP
3,793 posts
 
vair68robert-I've been aware of and  read the Cardas method years ago. Finally decided to give it a try. Glad I did. I have a better appreciation for my speakers.
The speakers are sealed cabinets, so I don't know what that adds to the equation.
There probably is a little more to be squeezed out, with minor adjustment, but I'm satisfied for now. I haven't gone the last mile with subtle tweaking yet.


twoch- pleasantly surprised there's no shortage of low end with the speakers based on the calculator. Speakers are 6' apart(ctr-ctr) and i'm just outside "the triangle"  Low end is amazingly strong without turning the subs on. With the subs on, its like "icing in the cake."
http://www.cardas.com/room_setup_calculators.php



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