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Room Placement on Vandersteen 3A Sig's?

I have been listening to Aerial 6t's, 7's and B&W 804's. Preferred the Aerial's. After thinking more and more about my potential purchase, the question keeps arising............have I listened to enough speakers?

I called my dealer who also sells Vandersteen and sought his advice. He had very good things to say about the 3A sig's but he did not reccommend them for ME. He said that one of my mains would be to close to the wall, he went on to say they would sound ok but never sound how they were intended.

So my question is...........how far do they need to be placed away from the wall? In my current set-up, my right speaker is about 4 feet from the back wall and about 18 INCHES from the side wall. Would the Vandersteens be a bad way to go?

thanks for any help

Jeff
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rjones
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Vandy's are sensitive to room placement. The owners manual provides clear information on placement based on room geometry. I have a pair of Vandy 2ce signatures in a 13.5'x 15'5 room, placed against the short wall. I found the best sound with my speakers are 32" from side walls and 30" from rears.

The Vandy's also image best when nothing tall (equipment rack, TV, or furniture is located between the speakers.
Unless your room is very small or you have a lot of stuff in between your speakers, they should do ok.

I would not expect the placement location of your current speakers to work best for the Vandy's, given how close you had them to your side walls and how far in front of your rear walls.
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