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How do you share the sweet spot?

 My 2.1 set up  only pleasures me when i sit or walk in the sweet zone. If I have guests over, I dislike sharing my position so they can experience the sound stage.  Is there anything one can do to share the sweet spot? Is a 4.1 or 4.2 set up the solution? Does the speaker, gear, position and set up dictate overall experience?(I'm sure it does)
How do you guys share the sweet spot? 
Is it ok to be sweet spot selfish? I feel that being an "audiophile" is also sharing the experience. 
Your thoughts please. Thank You!






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mijostyn
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I always let guests sit in the hot seat. You can share the image by having seats in front and behind the hot seat which is bit odd in most rooms. 
I'm not sure but I think an ambiophonic system can image in different locations. It is definitely not for digital phobic audiophiles as a fair amount of DSP magic is required. 
I can put the sweet spot anywhere in the room and will put it at my desk in the far corner of the room when I am working. This is done by changing speaker delay and phase/time relationships. It is already programmed in. I just have to push a button.
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mijostyn
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big greg, "no way" what??
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mijostyn
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Mapman, the same rules of acoustics apply also to Ohm speakers. If a speaker "images" in different locations at the same time it most likely has no image at all.
I went and reviewed the literature on Ambiophonic reproduction and it also requires the listener to be equidistant to both speakers. It also requires the frequency of both speakers to be exactly the same so room control is essential. I actually have ambiophonic programming in my Tact and I would love to try it but I can not get my speakers the requisite 30 degrees apart as my theater screen is between them and 60 degrees does not work at all. 
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