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post #1 of 9
10/6/06 at 2:56pm
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What's wrong with my speaker positioning/room? I hear sound coming from each of the speakers with some front to rear depth. Mono sounds come from dead center, deep back. But there's no left-right spread, just left, center, and right.
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post #2 of 9
10/6/06 at 3:08pm
try a bit of toe-in?
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post #3 of 9
10/6/06 at 6:20pm
That's were I would start too, toe in.
Next variable would be distance between speakers, then distance to backwall (...and sidewalls, floor-decoupling, speakers, electronics, cables etc.).
Good luck
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post #4 of 9
10/6/06 at 7:27pm
try starting by moving the speakers at least a foot or two away from any nearby wall, then adjust toe in bit by bit, don't go overboard right way. I've found the best toe in to be around 5-15 degrees depending on the speaker and listening position.
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post #5 of 9
10/7/06 at 4:10pm
Another vote for some toe-in and distance from back wall. Don't be afraid of toe-in...for very near field listening it can help quite a bit. Just think of how much toe-in your headphones have.
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post #6 of 9
10/7/06 at 5:06pm
Might want to get an SPL meter and check to make sure all your speakers are putting out the same amount of sound.
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post #7 of 9
10/9/06 at 12:45am
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Well, they've got some toe-in, I'd guess about 15 degrees, any more and the sibilance starts bothering me. They're five feet from the back wall, five feet from the left wall, and at least 10 feet from the right wall (although close to a 1 ft column).
I was wondering if this is a familiar problem with a familiar answer so I don't have to try all kinds of random position changes.
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post #8 of 9
10/9/06 at 7:27pm
Distance between the speakers, distance from you to the speakers, what amplifier and source are you using?
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post #9 of 9
10/10/06 at 5:40am
Show us a picture of your placement, and we can make a recommendation.

See ya
Steve
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