Speakers room positioning - diff tricks ?


Dear All, with Tube traps analyst suggestion, my speakers ended up positioned with 1/3 on their back with the listening position 1/3 from the back wall.

Wondering when this is the best trick to position speakers or shouldn't be just one of the many. For example I recently read the Cardas white papers and it seems to me that the speakers will ended up about 1/4 from their back wall and the couch 1/2 in the room, much different from Tube traps advises.

To wrap-up which one of the following is the most used ?
1- Tube traps room study
2- The speaker manufacturer manual advise
3- Just your ears ?

Tks for commenting. Soon my Avalon will arrive !
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Showing 2 responses by newbee

Currently on Audioasylum there is a thread on this subject (room reinforcement)to which David Aiken contributes to a discussion of bass frequencies - his summary is that to position speakers at 1/3 and listening position at 1/3 will tend to help on the null side and at 1/4 and 1/4 will help on the reinforcement side. This has been my experience. This is a thread well worth reading and i highly recommend it.
Look under General Asylum for "room acoustics" posted 1/29/03 by amos (195.92.168.163) and responded to by David Aiken on 1/30/03 (216.119.8.35). Good luck.