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Who positions their speakers straight ahead (zero tow in) and why.

I’ve been experimenting with toe in and tweeter position (inside v. outside) for my LRS and ProAC Studio 3 speakers. My listening position is about 8.5 feet from the speakers front surface.

In both cases I ended up with tweeters on the inside and zero toe in. I like the more immersive soundstage I get with zero toe in. I sacrifice a little of the lock in for the center image.

Zero toe in also makes my sweet spot for listening a little wider.

Sorry about the incorrect spelling and the missing question mark in the subject. I couldn’t edit the subject.

g2the2nd
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tomic601
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Experiment…it’s free….

 

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noromance
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@tomic601 Truth. It's as simple as that. See what you prefer. It varies by speaker, room size, and seating position.  

lanx0003
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The toe-in angle can also be used to tone down brightness and correct the imbalance of two-channel sound caused by, for example, asymmetrical sides.

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daledeee1
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Crites speakers are wide.  It looks like more toe in than I really have. They are pointed at me intersecting behind my head.  Wall to Wall sound stage with good depth.

devinplombier
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My Infinity RS-II were toed in towards my ears.

Reading this thread, I thought why not point them straight (no toe-in) and see what happens?

To my surprise, the soundstage improved quite a bit, though precision and immediacy seem to have been dialed back a bit.

The sweet spot may well be somewhere in between then. I'll experiment with that but I'll let things settle for a few days first.

 

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