Why am I experiencing listener's fatigue?


My system is as follows. All thoughts and opinions are welcomed and appreciated.

B&w nautilus 805 speakers with jumpers ,
tweeter/driver grilles removed/tweeters at ear height
Cardas cross single wire speaker cables
Cardas golden reference interconnect
cardas golden power cord
Monster hts 2000 power bar/conditioner
Manley stingray (2 mullard 12at7's and 8 Ei el84's)
sony xa 777es cd/sacd player
7 inch diameter by 18 inches high concrete speaker
stands
blu tac between the speakers and stands
Particle board equipment stand
14 inch (1/4 filled)innertube under the sony
No DIY or professional room treatments at the moment
Stock sony power cord
vertigo

Showing 1 response by goinbroke

Vertigo, that would be waaaay too much toe-in for me. Try aiming your speakers at a point behind the listening position that is equal to the distance from the listening position to the speakers (7 feet behind the listener, in your case). If there is enough room between the side walls and your speakers that first reflection aren't a problem, I would try aiming them at a distance twice that far behind the listening position. I realize toe-in is really subjective and depends on room, speaker, gear, etc., but that amount of toe-in would drive me insane...not to mention that pointing the speakers directly at the listener's ear destroys soundstaging in a very substantial way. Try changing the toe-in combined with using something handy like towels or rugs for taming first reflection points and see how it sounds. At least it's easy and cheap! Hope that helps.