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Speaker distance

In a rectangular room is it better to sit further from the speakers or position the speakers further apart and sit closer to them?  Is it a preference or one better than the other?  I’m looking to build a secondary system and haven’t decided which would be better?  Does anyone have experience with either scenario? 

polkalover
sudnh
131 posts
 

Per my experience all speakers lock in (image) properly at about 8 ft apart.

Doesn’t matter where one sits. 
 

a desktop setup and near field listening is different. 

irjones
84 posts
 

I have a similar room to the OP, with my hearing defect, I am not playing with the balance, I am moving the right speakers one meter to the right. It's not Euclidian geometry. I let you know how I get on.

oxfordamps
25 posts
 

I have a listening room in which I have tried speaker placement on both the long wall and the short wall. I was happy with the long wall placement for years. But when I switched the speakers to the short wall, I was really surprised how the sound changed and IMO, improved. The furniture was re-arranged to allow this.

YMMV.

Additionally, I custom fitted a thick oak board that was inset into the base of each speaker.  The oak boards (with threaded caster wheels inserted) allowed me to move the speakers around for positioning. Since the speakers weigh 180 lbs each, this was very helpful to try a variety of speaker positions, toe-in, aiming, etc. over time.

 

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