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So I've got a new man cave in our new house... it's nice and big, it's all mine, so I can put my speakers wherever I darn well please 
So I decided to try the "Golden Ratio" method, since I actually have the room to.
I learned about it here... http://www.cardas.com/content.php?ar...ing=Room+Setup
Here's the "Golden Ratio" diagram, for rectangular rooms:
You can tell by the pictures that it's massively inconvenient if you plan on using the room for anything other than a listening room... I'm also using it as a workout room, which is convenient, since having the workout bench perfectly positioned as a listening seat is a lovely way to procrastinate that next set :p
The room is approx. 19' wide X 25' long... so following the above formula, the speakers (measured from the center of the woofers) ended up being 63.25" from the side walls and 102.50" from the front wall... while this wasn't any real change from how I had it before in terms of distance from the side walls, it's a HUGE difference from how they far away they were from the front wall (was about 30").
Listening position (where your head would be while procrastinating your next bench press) forms an exact equilateral triangle with the speakers. Not sure if you can see in the pix, but I've also got some rigid fiberglass panels temporarily propped up on the side walls and front wall to catch first reflections. Rear wall has no treatment.
So.... yes, this made a really big difference... the sound stage is much deeper and more spacious now, and yet the imaging is also tighter... Miles and Coltraine sounded incredible. Every musician had their own distinct position about 10 feet behind the speakers... close your eyes and smile
If you have the room to try this, I highly recommend it.
The speakers are Zaph SR71's, by the way, with an 8" TB Neo sealed sub... haven't gotten a chance to play around with the position of the sub yet, but so far it sounds great where it is now... planning on replacing it with a bigger one, so I might not bother until the new one is born.
I am a terrible photographer.
So I decided to try the "Golden Ratio" method, since I actually have the room to.
I learned about it here... http://www.cardas.com/content.php?ar...ing=Room+Setup
Here's the "Golden Ratio" diagram, for rectangular rooms:
You can tell by the pictures that it's massively inconvenient if you plan on using the room for anything other than a listening room... I'm also using it as a workout room, which is convenient, since having the workout bench perfectly positioned as a listening seat is a lovely way to procrastinate that next set :p
The room is approx. 19' wide X 25' long... so following the above formula, the speakers (measured from the center of the woofers) ended up being 63.25" from the side walls and 102.50" from the front wall... while this wasn't any real change from how I had it before in terms of distance from the side walls, it's a HUGE difference from how they far away they were from the front wall (was about 30").
Listening position (where your head would be while procrastinating your next bench press) forms an exact equilateral triangle with the speakers. Not sure if you can see in the pix, but I've also got some rigid fiberglass panels temporarily propped up on the side walls and front wall to catch first reflections. Rear wall has no treatment.
So.... yes, this made a really big difference... the sound stage is much deeper and more spacious now, and yet the imaging is also tighter... Miles and Coltraine sounded incredible. Every musician had their own distinct position about 10 feet behind the speakers... close your eyes and smile
If you have the room to try this, I highly recommend it.
The speakers are Zaph SR71's, by the way, with an 8" TB Neo sealed sub... haven't gotten a chance to play around with the position of the sub yet, but so far it sounds great where it is now... planning on replacing it with a bigger one, so I might not bother until the new one is born.
I am a terrible photographer.
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