1st Post Intro & Ramblings


Hi all, I have been a member for about 10 years and never posted anything although I do read a lot. Figured at some point I would, 10+ years later......

 Profession, Audio Visual Tech 22 years. I mostly work in house corporate, conventions and trade shows. Spent some time building clubs, worked a few concerts and home audio has been more of a hobby for a very long time and I have designed and built a few very high end setups years ago. I always hated working professionally on home audio, the customers and sales people are either to cheap or knee deep in marketing and cannot take advice from professionals. My experience has led me to be more aware of the budget, a vast majority cannot spend $10-20k on a stereo and yet some of us spend that on a just 1 component. 
I think that will suffice as an introduction, next I will post some of what I have learned along the way. Keep in mind, most of my recommendations come with a budget mindset instead of $$$ all out performance $$$.
kreapin
And this is why I think the high end market may end up going to the smaller brands. As companies continue to fall under the umbrella of larger companies, you start to see quality suffers. What made the brand special is gone. 
The next step is the tried and true golden triangle. This is where you start, measuring tape in hand. From that starting point, you can start tweaking the position for the best 3D image.

I would like to hear more about this process if you don't mind.

A private response would be fine if you prefer.
1st, you want to be at least 2-4 ft from rear and side walls and you don’t want anything next to your speakers. The triangle is equal distance from you and each speaker. All 3 sides should be equal. That is your starting point, from there you can start tweaking. If your ports are on the rear of speaker then you may want to be closer to 4 ft from rear wall. As you get closer to the wall the bass can get boomy and stage gets a bit muddy and loose. As you pull forward you loose some of the depth in bass but stage gets more focused. Toe in a little at a time, every speaker has different characteristics, strengths and weaknesses and your searching for a happy medium. That’s the basic idea. 
The front inside corner is your pivot point. Keeping that corner in place helps maintain your distance/timing.