Speaker placement

When placing speakers in a room, audio performance takes the highest priority. But often aesthetics need to be considered as well.

In general, triangular positioning, distance from the rear wall, angle, height and tilt will need to be combined for the best outcome.

Once you have your speakers positioned, the final step is to optimize your system using Dirac Live digital processing for room correction. Dirac combines frequency response correction as well as impulse response correction to achieve the optimum audio experience.

If you'd like to learn more about the benefits of Dirac, feel free to contact us at Deer Creek Audio.

https://deercreekaudio.com/

L.O.T.S. Loudspeaker Optimization Techniques for Soundstage!  Ran across this a little while ago. You might find it helpful.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CyTkwkK8ON0&t=1015s 

It's pretty straight forward and he explains it every step of the way.                                

@mewsickbuff 

thanks I’ll check it out. 

The two things I found most helpful were inexpensive laser measures and casters.  My listening chair is against a wall so I put a laser measure on the top of each speaker aimed at a single spot where my head would be, but you can do it with one and some blue painter's tape.  You can also measure the distance between speakers. But to achieve exact distance and angle I found having the speaker on casters let me get the placement 'dead on balls accurate' (it's an industry term) for distance and aiming.   My casters are attached to a metal sound deadening plate, but by matching the speaker spike thread to the caster thread larger heavier speakers in particular will be easier to 'dial in' precisely.  A dense rubber caster wheel will probably isolate the speaker from floor vibrations as well as anything else.  This system beats a tape measure or string or any other guessing.

Great thread; lots of good suggestions.

Jim Smith's method should also be considered. In addition to his book, you can schedule a listening session at his studio (sets a reference to what's possible) or he can come to your home and do it for you although I don't know if he's traveling these days.

https://www.getbettersound.com/