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Re: 4Pi with feet [message #78602 is a reply to message #78596]

Tue, 10 December 2013 10:37

Wayne Parham
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I would try both setups to see which one sounded best. Both setups have the speakers a little close to ipsilateral (nearest side) walls, with one speaker having much more wall reflection than the other. This will tend to make the one by the wall sound different than the other - a litlle heavier, more "congested" sounding. That will probably mess up the imaging, "pulling the sound" to one side, the side with the full wall.

Beyond that, option "A" has the advantage of not having the listener so close to the back wall. When the listeners are very close to the wall behind them, it tends to exaggerate the sound reflected from behind, which sounds unnatural. It isn't the same as having surounds, and is more like listening in a really small room, sort of "echoey sounding." Think bathrooms and caves.

But option "B" has the speakers a little further apart from each other, which will tend to give more of a "sweet spot." If the reflected sound off the wall behind the listeners isn't too strong, this is a good setup because it allows more lateral movement, more people on the couch.

Having speakers close together isn't necesarily bad, but there is a sort of "Goldilocks placement", where the speakers aren't too close together or too far apart:

Imaging, placement and orientation

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		4Pi with feet By: lucasmateo on Thu, 17 October 2013 10:41
		Re: 4Pi with feet By: lucasmateo on Thu, 17 October 2013 11:03
		Re: 4Pi with feet By: tom-m on Thu, 17 October 2013 15:27
		Re: 4Pi with feet By: lucasmateo on Thu, 17 October 2013 16:25
		Re: 4Pi with feet By: Wayne Parham on Thu, 17 October 2013 16:53
		Re: 4Pi with feet By: lucasmateo on Thu, 17 October 2013 17:16
		Re: 4Pi with feet By: Bill Epstein on Thu, 17 October 2013 20:46
		Re: 4Pi with feet By: lucasmateo on Thu, 17 October 2013 21:46
		Re: 4Pi with feet By: lucasmateo on Fri, 18 October 2013 10:41
		Re: 4Pi with feet By: my0x on Sun, 20 October 2013 20:18
		Re: 4Pi with feet By: shallow pockets on Mon, 21 October 2013 01:04
		Re: 4Pi with feet By: lucasmateo on Sat, 26 October 2013 13:25
		Re: 4Pi with feet By: Wayne Parham on Sat, 26 October 2013 17:30
		Re: 4Pi with feet By: Nick77 on Sun, 27 October 2013 04:10
		Re: 4Pi with feet By: lucasmateo on Sun, 27 October 2013 09:44
		Re: 4Pi with feet By: lucasmateo on Mon, 28 October 2013 07:28
		Re: 4Pi with feet By: Wayne Parham on Mon, 28 October 2013 08:13
		Re: 4Pi with feet By: lucasmateo on Mon, 28 October 2013 14:53
		Re: 4Pi with feet By: Wayne Parham on Mon, 28 October 2013 18:30
		Re: 4Pi with feet By: lucasmateo on Mon, 28 October 2013 19:10
		Re: 4Pi with feet By: Wayne Parham on Mon, 28 October 2013 19:18
		Re: 4Pi with feet By: Bill Epstein on Mon, 28 October 2013 19:28
		Re: 4Pi with feet By: lucasmateo on Mon, 28 October 2013 20:07
		Re: 4Pi with feet By: lucasmateo on Tue, 29 October 2013 18:24
		Re: 4Pi with feet By: Wayne Parham on Wed, 30 October 2013 01:21
		Re: 4Pi with feet By: lucasmateo on Wed, 30 October 2013 08:12
		Re: 4Pi with feet By: lucasmateo on Wed, 30 October 2013 11:06
		Re: 4Pi with feet By: Wayne Parham on Wed, 30 October 2013 12:03
		Re: 4Pi with feet By: Matts on Wed, 30 October 2013 14:06
		Re: 4Pi with feet By: lucasmateo on Wed, 30 October 2013 15:12
		Re: 4Pi with feet By: Matts on Wed, 30 October 2013 17:45
		Re: 4Pi with feet By: lucasmateo on Wed, 30 October 2013 18:29
		Re: 4Pi with feet By: Matts on Thu, 31 October 2013 18:01
		Re: 4Pi with feet By: lucasmateo on Thu, 31 October 2013 19:27
		Re: 4Pi with feet By: my0x on Sat, 02 November 2013 22:15
		Re: 4Pi with feet By: lucasmateo on Sat, 02 November 2013 23:27
		Re: 4Pi with feet By: lucasmateo on Sun, 03 November 2013 16:52
		Re: 4Pi with feet By: Wayne Parham on Sun, 03 November 2013 22:52
		Re: 4Pi with feet By: lucasmateo on Sun, 03 November 2013 23:07
		Re: 4Pi with feet By: Wayne Parham on Mon, 04 November 2013 00:28
		Re: 4Pi with feet By: lucasmateo on Mon, 04 November 2013 08:29
		Re: 4Pi with feet By: Wayne Parham on Mon, 04 November 2013 10:16
		Re: 4Pi with feet By: lucasmateo on Mon, 04 November 2013 14:48
		Re: 4Pi with feet By: Wayne Parham on Mon, 04 November 2013 15:10
		Re: 4Pi with feet By: HPower on Tue, 05 November 2013 08:59
		Re: 4Pi with feet By: lucasmateo on Tue, 05 November 2013 10:24
		Re: 4Pi with feet By: Matts on Tue, 05 November 2013 11:24
		Re: 4Pi with feet By: dheflin44 on Tue, 05 November 2013 12:01
		Re: 4Pi with feet By: lucasmateo on Tue, 05 November 2013 14:14
		Re: 4Pi with feet By: lucasmateo on Fri, 08 November 2013 12:03
		Re: 4Pi with feet By: Wayne Parham on Fri, 08 November 2013 12:38
		Re: 4Pi with feet By: lucasmateo on Fri, 08 November 2013 15:06
		Re: 4Pi with feet By: Wayne Parham on Fri, 08 November 2013 15:17
		Re: 4Pi with feet By: lucasmateo on Fri, 08 November 2013 15:27
		Re: 4Pi with feet By: Wayne Parham on Fri, 08 November 2013 18:38
		Re: 4Pi with feet By: lucasmateo on Sun, 10 November 2013 08:46
		Re: 4Pi with feet By: lucasmateo on Sun, 10 November 2013 11:46
		Re: 4Pi with feet By: Wayne Parham on Sun, 10 November 2013 15:06
		Re: 4Pi with feet By: Duncan McBride on Sat, 16 November 2013 21:34
		Re: 4Pi with feet By: lucasmateo on Sun, 17 November 2013 18:17
		Re: 4Pi with feet By: tubemax on Mon, 25 November 2013 15:16
		Re: 4Pi with feet By: Wayne Parham on Mon, 25 November 2013 17:12
		Re: 4Pi with feet By: tubemax on Tue, 26 November 2013 15:13
		Re: 4Pi with feet By: lucasmateo on Wed, 27 November 2013 07:16
		Re: 4Pi with feet By: Wayne Parham on Wed, 27 November 2013 08:53
		Re: 4Pi with feet By: lucasmateo on Thu, 28 November 2013 21:34
		Re: 4Pi with feet By: Wayne Parham on Fri, 29 November 2013 08:48
		Re: 4Pi with feet By: dmeckstr on Sun, 01 December 2013 01:45
		Re: 4Pi with feet By: lucasmateo on Sun, 01 December 2013 08:16
		Re: 4Pi with feet By: NWCgrad on Wed, 04 December 2013 19:29
		Re: 4Pi with feet By: lucasmateo on Mon, 09 December 2013 16:52
		Re: 4Pi with feet By: Wayne Parham on Tue, 10 December 2013 10:37
		Re: 4Pi with feet By: lucasmateo on Tue, 10 December 2013 13:01
		Re: 4Pi with feet By: Matts on Tue, 17 December 2013 14:13
		Re: 4Pi with feet By: lucasmateo on Tue, 17 December 2013 14:43
		Re: 4Pi with feet By: Matts on Thu, 26 December 2013 16:24
		Re: 4Pi with feet By: lucasmateo on Sun, 30 March 2014 19:03
		Re: 4Pi with feet By: Wayne Parham on Tue, 01 April 2014 10:32
		Re: 4Pi with feet By: Matts on Fri, 04 April 2014 14:30

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