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 , A couple of us are meeting at each other's place soon. The way we are going to do the sessions are - have 2 more chairs and switch the places with the center sweet spot. Reasoning: 365 Days = 100%, Listen together Days = 5 (just a number), which is 1.4%. Is it really worth "getting a sofa/love seat/change speaker positions/etc" for such a small % number? You call. |
You have to change the toe-in, there is no single arrangement 'great' for either centered or slightly off center. It’s very doable if you are able to easily alter Toe-In for DBX Crossfield Setup when you have a guest. "DBX Cross Dispersion Method (developed for home theater front speakers): unique shape/angle of dispersion/multiple tweeters: set up once. speaker your side: closer thus more volume, but, direct dispersion from opposite side speaker increases it’s volume, i.e. a trade-off creating wide imaging. Note: their speakers were designed to provide this without altering their toe-in" //////////////////////////// note: Either way, aimed at center best for single, or DBX aimed opposite side for two listeners sounds terrific from center, it’s just not as wide a soundstage if you leave them in DBX Crossfield and sit in the middle. |
Completely agree with you except that I would change slightly to hugely! For decades I used Quad Electrostatic loudspeakers (ESL-63 and ESL 2905) which emulate a point source of sound about a foot behind the flat panel. The soundstage, imaging and sweetspot are huge. I recently added KEF Reference 1 speakers (more reliable) and they have much the same characteristic. With speakers like these you can stand up and walk around a holographic-like soundstage. The comparison with conventional multi-drive speakers is astounding - no need to use a vice to lock your head into a narrow horizontal plane and precise distances from each speaker. The physics is to do with cancellation and reinforcement where separate drivers and their reflections interfere with each other. The ear/brain system quite quickly adjusts to the 'cleanliness' of apparent point sources and their coherence. The corollary is that going back to conventional speakers is difficult. When auditioning speakers I always move around a lot! |
