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Speaker set up for more than 1 person

I have my system set up perfectly for a single person sweet spot. Near field about 9 feet from my speakers. But if I move even slightly off center the soundstage moves and one of the speakers dominates. If I have a couple friends over how can I arrange my speakers so we can all get a good soundstage with centered imaging? Move my speakers closer together? 

maprik
larryi
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You can try extreme toe-in so that the speakers cross well in front of your listening position.  The person to your left will be closer to the left speaker, but, now that speaker's dominance is mitigated by that listener being way off axis to the left speaker and more on axis to the right speaker.  This compensation helps with providing a more balanced image for the off axis listener.  

larryi
4,578 posts
 

You could also make the two guests sit closer together by putting one seat dead centered between the speakers and two chairs close together behind that centered chair.

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ghdprentice
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I have a love seat with the left seat in the sweet spot. The right hand seat is for my dogs... but if there are two visitors they get the love seat and can switch back and forth. I sit off to the side.

I have never tried to expand the sweet spot, since that is so carefully set up. The width of a sweet spot is speaker dependent. 

 

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