When the distance between the speakers is right and the toe-in is correct, one should get a good sense of lateral separation without it sounding disembodied, meaning the left and right speakers should not sound like they are playing two different music. Another effect that's highly dependent on distance to front wall is the bass strength. Of course one need not leave space for wall mounted speakers. When you have sufficient distance from speakers to front wall, you should get a sense of front to back depth. Real-life placement: use the above as a starting point, and slowly but gradually move your speakers around till you arrive at a sound you think is best. This can be more acceptable to many as it leaves more room in the room for other usages.
In this method, you will find that the speakers are really close to each other and you have left so much room between the front wall and the speakers!Īn alternative is to place speakers at 1/5 distance from front wall (one-fifth of the length = longer room dimension). Listener sits a further one-third into the room, meaning two-thirds distance measured from front wall.
If the room (and other non-room factors) allow experimentation, a practical method is to start off with the Cardas method of placing the speakers at one-third into the room, as measured from the front wall, and at 1/5 distance from side walls (one-fifth of the room width). Of course, this ignores the "ideal" placement methods like the Cardas method or Vandersteen method, which says that the speakers must be at so and so distance from the front and side walls. If one has a larger room, the speakers get more spread out, and the listening distance also goes up correspondingly. Depending on how large is one's room width and length, the size of the equilateral triangle varies. The two speakers and the listener should form an equilateral triangle. I noticed that I enjoyed the music much better when the rack was not in sight hyeah:ħ feet shouldn't be considered some magic number. Taking a constant look at the rack tends to keep one distracted (worrying about settings, etc) and one cannot really enjoy the music. I thought I'll try something different on this front. On another note, a lot of us place our rack in between the speakers as we love to sit back and admire or rigs while they play. Its easy flowing and very easy to interpret and I used it for guidance. I found this article quite useful and practical.
The results were the best with this approach. The speakers are in front beside a large door with french windows, overlooking a valley, the rig is located at the back of the room in a corner, in line with the theoritical approach, not to position anything in between the speakers. I have finally settled for the original positioning (which was intended when the house was designed). Over the last 2 weeks, I have been experimenting with different positions for my speakers and rack, in my new listening space.
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