Should I or not

Thanks everyone for the responses and sorry I couldn't respond any eariler. In my current set up sitting in a near field position wouldn't that be to close for t.v watching. I was also under the impression that for nearfield listening I would need nearfield monitors.

Right now my speakers are 3ft from the back wall and 5.5tft apart with a T.V in the middle and my listening seat is 10ft. This setup was for movies mostly but I now find myself listening to music more often. I figured that against a long wall I can have them at least 8-9ft apart and maybe at most 2.5ft from the back wall.

At one point I do plan on a speaker upgrade most probably in the PMC line. I have listened to both the Lb1 and the OB1's but have yet to make up my mind.

I've also read as to how front ported and closed designed speakers may help with rear wall considerations. Any suggestions for future speaker upgrades.

Try 'em on the long wall. Not because they will for sure sound that much better, but because you can tell your brother you tried it and here's what you found. And, just to try it.

None of us can really tell you exactly what's gonna happen when you move those 60's over there. You could always try wider speaker placement - short or long wall - and that may widen your soundfield a bunch. You can for sure sit in a nearfield position with those 60s, but you still might get quite the "slap" reflection from back behind you with them on the long wall. I see room treatments coming...

The big thing is to just try it - to silence your brother, and to try it for your own knowledge and experience.

I do plan in exprimenting more for my edification more as to how the sound changes from either set-up.

Your right with either set-up room treatment will have to be used but I'm such a newbie in that respect I just don't know where to start.

This will I hope be a fun not a frustrating excersise.

Cheers

Your brother's request is not like picking up a chair and simply moving it across the room. It takes days, weeks, or even months to plan and execute such a move (if one had to electricians, plan dedicated lines, outlets, etc.).

And even though the majority are often times wrong, it would seem the vast majority of so-called 'experts' recommend placing the speakers on the short wall of a rectangular room. Yes, there are a handful of speaker mfg'ers who recommend the long wall (Dunalvy was one), but it is only a handful.

On either wall, for enhanced soundstaging your speaker fronts need to be about 4 to 6 ft or so from the wall behind them. If your speakers are on the long wall, that means that you have at most 6 feet between your ears and the drivers leaving you with about 1 ft. between your ears and the wall behind you. The 6 ft. isn't necessarily bad but the 1 ft. distance is rediculous.

I can't imagine any sonic benefits with such a configuration.

But you might first ask your brother to explain in detail what sonic benefits await you when you 'reach the next level' by following his suggestion.

I wouldn't be surprised if he doesn't have clue how to articulate his response. Seems to be epidemic with brothers these days. :)

If you're into experimenting, you might try experimenting with cables, outlets, installing dedicated circuits/lines, and vibration control. All these can be rather inexpensive experiments and should easily outperform any highly questionable sonic gains from moving your speakers.

-IMO

I all to clearly understand how brothers can be. It's 1:30am and I woke up thinking of all that's been going on.

It seems from most of the responses that I've been on the right track by my short wall set-up. I just wish I had a clue to what I should be listening when it come to sound/room acoustics. I guess when I start using room treatments I should have a better idea.

As to experimenting I plan to do so with my IC's. I've outgrown my Blue Heaven's and am looking forward to trying Cardas, Audience but first I live in an apartment and it's clean power that I lack. AC conditioners here I come.

Cheers