Listening Room Dimensions/Orientation . . .

Steve_Lee

I'm noticing that having the stereo oriented off center upon the long wall and the listening position across from the stereo on the shorter distance to sound the best. I suspect this is due to the reduced reflections arriving at the listening position which destroy the horizontal dispersion.

Any thoughts on this?

|------[]------ Stereo--------[]----|
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|--------------LP--------------------|

Rather than:

|---[]----Stereo-----[]---|
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|---------LP---------------|

The distance between the speakers makes a significant difference in separation/sound experience as well . . . you can get them too close together as well as too far apart in trying to create a sound-stage.

tajanes

Yes, and if possible keep some distance btwn LP and back wall, and/or dispersion of some kind behind LP (i.e. books on book shelves works nicely).

Steve_Lee

|--/-/-/-/-/-/-/-/-/-/-/-/-/-/-/-/-/--|
|------[]------ Stereo--------[]----|
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|. . . . . . . . . . . LP . . . . . . . . . . . .
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|----/-/-/-/-/-/-/-/-/-/-/-/-/-/-/----|

6thplanet

I've found that stereo/speakers on the long wall and seat on the opposite long wall is better.

This is also why I end up using less baffle step comp on my designs, as they sit close to the wall. Which is why my speakers suffer a bit at our gatherings.