Posted by SteveBrown [ 155.188.183.7 ] on June 06, 2006 at 12:19:31:
In Reply to: Need help with room placement posted by angelmercado on June 06, 2006 at 12:09:13:
Great question, I have the same kind of question, but a larger room (16 x 29). One of the things I've found, and not sure if it is related to the horn or related to placement, is that it seems hard to find a spot where a nice soundstage fixes. I can get a nicely focused central image pretty easy, but getting instruments on the sides to "let go" of the enclosure/horn has been frustrating. Seems like I can have a nice central image and then there's an instrument on the side (piano, etc) and it seems to come directly from the location of the speaker, not to the side or behind it, as it does in smaller boxes. I have tried everything from pretty much straight on, to significantly toed in (cross in front of listening position). I've also tried having the speakers pretty far apart (10 -11ft) and closer (7'), and tried pulling them further out into the room.. etc..
Maybe this is an artifact of horns (811 on top, JBL direct radiator on the bottom). I can get this to set up correctly using open baffles or regular BR boxes, but not with the horns.
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