My speaker toe in answer - Quiet Earth

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My speaker toe in answer

Posted by Quiet Earth on March 14, 2007 at 19:29:28

In Reply to: Speaker toe in question posted by greg7 on March 13, 2007 at 16:09:48:

No matter how much I experiment with different speakers and no matter what room I have them in, I almost always end up with the same scenario.

___After I have determined the proper distance from the back and side walls :
1. I start with the speakers pointing directly at me. At this point I can only see the front faces of the speakers. I can not see any side of either cabinet from where I sit (except maybe the top).
2. Then I point each speaker slightly away from me so they are firing directly at my shoulders instead of my face. Now I can see a very small amount of the inner side panel of each speaker as well as the face. (By saying inner side panel, I mean the side of the speaker that is closest to the center of the room.)

That's quite a bit of toe in. The speakers are basically crossing directly behind my head. This almost always gives me the best compromise between a solid mono image and fun stereo effects. I don't worry too much about stereo "imaging" because most of it is artificial anyway. Each recording will have a different artificial image anyway, so who is to say which way is correct?

Take the spikes off and have fun experimenting. Put the spikes back on when you're finished.

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Topic - Speaker toe in question - greg7 16:09:48 03/13/07 (16)

Re: Speaker toe in question - DSK 22:52:57 03/15/07 (0)

Iron Chef Speaker Set Up Protocol - StylinLP 07:39:00 03/15/07 (0)

\\\changing speaker position in my room is a major ordeal ///....... - three_sox 06:18:22 03/15/07 (0)

My speaker toe in answer - Quiet Earth 19:29:28 03/14/07 (0)

for my speakers in my room - Spun1 18:47:25 03/14/07 (0)

Re: Speaker toe in question - Drew Eckhardt 12:22:05 03/14/07 (1)

Re: Speaker toe in question - Schu 13:50:29 03/14/07 (0)

Here's the way to do it... - mkuller 11:05:59 03/14/07 (0)

Lots of good advise so far - Vic D 08:04:46 03/14/07 (0)

What question? - Larry I 06:44:17 03/14/07 (0)

Re: Speaker toe in question - JeffH 22:47:57 03/13/07 (0)

you have to ask yourself why... - kuma 18:34:03 03/13/07 (0)

you can talk about - snkby 17:28:25 03/13/07 (0)

It's a tone control - Bob Neill 16:26:49 03/13/07 (2)

But Bob ... - greg7 17:25:43 03/13/07 (0)

P.S. - Bob Neill 16:30:44 03/13/07 (0)

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