How are people positioning the speakers?
Tapsa (TL-Audio) puts the speakers against the long wall in a 6 x 6.7 meters room, 3.5 meters from the inside of one speaker to the inside of the other, 1.25 meters from the front of the speakers to the rear walls, and 4.5 meters to the listeners ears. Here at AudioFederation we put the speakers along the short wall in a 15x35x24 feet tall room, 8 feet from the inside of one speaker to the inside of the other, 5’4″ from the front of the speakers to the rear (beveled) walls, and 14.5 feet to the listeners ears. [Update: Jan 2003 – We moved the speakers about 14 inches farther into the room, and angled them so they are only angled in about 5 – 10 degrees. Much better soundstaging and imaging and bass response is somewhat tighter]. Hermann Winters. co-founder Acapella Audio Arts suggested [as reported by Fred Crowder of Epic Audio] that the location of the speakers in the room is essentially determined by the room’s nodes and that there was no one place that worked in every instance. in a
