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Is my listening geometry too small?

I have Axiom 22Ti speakers (TMM type) on 15 " stands.
As my room is very small, I have to sit very close to speakers.

Speaker are about 6-7' apart, each of them are a few feet from side and rear wall (equatorial triangle).

I toe them in a bit. (I try toe them in a lot, but feel that it's too bright.)

Is my sitting setup to small to obtain good sound stage and sound quality?

I listen to mostly vocal and chamber musics with some pop/rock and classical. I listen to moderate level, not lound at all.

I would like to hear some thought before putting lot of effort to rearrange my room.

Thanks a lot,

Ake
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jla
231 posts
 
What are the dimensions of your room?
fsacks
5 posts
 
I am also listening in a small room...I have my speakers (Sonus Fabers) set up about the same as yours. I think the important thing is that you use the equilateral triangle as your basis (that's what philefreak was saying I believe) and you really can't do much better. The only thing left after that is to place them in such a way as to get good bass balance. I have a B&W sub too, and I am very pleased with the sound.
perfectimage
406 posts
 
Make sure to that the distance from the back wall is not the same as the distance from the side wall.
ake OP
48 posts
 
My room is about 13'x15' speakers are placed along the 13' side. I use only half of the room for listening set up. The other half is for my bed.

I sit about 7' away from each speakers (equilateral triangle). I am about 7' away from the back wall.

Thanks a lot for all suggestion.

Ake
ozfly
887 posts
 
From everything I've read and per my interpretation of it ... A small room will produce more standing waves than a larger room (all dimensional ratios equal), which leads to peaks and valleys of sound in the bass region (up to about 300 Hz give or take). The character of the standing waves depends on the room dimensions. From this perspective, the room size has more affect than the placement of the speakers. The speaker placement does have a strong effect on how and when the music reaches your ears from a reflection perspective. This affects perceived soundstage and varies by speaker design and surface treatments in your room. You seem to have a very reasonable and appropriate setup. If you want to experiment, I'd suggest moving the speakers around a bit (one foot here, two feet there) and toeing them in, flat and out to hear what happens. Don't rearrange the whole room just yet.

My best loved musical experience has been in a small room with handbuilt cabinets, professional JBL speakers, McIntosh amp, Crown preamp and turntable. We were nowhere near ideal positional ratios (the proverbial equalateral triangle) and it sounded great. The cheapest tweak possible is simply moving the speakers around. Try it ... you might like it. Happy listening.
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