Best Speaker Placement Rules you've used?
The link for the Cardas Formula is on the Cardas website, the link is here. Hope this helps. Bob |
Good question. I started out with the Cardas room placement model, but in order to be at least 9 feet away from my speakers (according to the manufacturer), I had to move them back a bit. Make sure that the distance (center of woofer) is different (by ~1/3) from the front wall to the side wall. Do not place them that close to the side walls in order to mitigate first reflections. Another "rule" that I read somewhere is that the best place for the speakers to be invariably has the worst WAF. David |
http://www.etfacoustic.com/ wow, sorry guys thought ETF was pretty much common knowledge. Great easy to use program/measurement system that takes the theory out of speaker placement and lets you know what is going on with your system. Price has gone up to $475, but that includes calibrated mic/ mic preamp. There are some new modules also to play with and add to the system that some may find useful. If you have more than $500 in interconnects and not this system the cart is before the horse. |
Don't forget the program for setting up specific brands of speakers in various sized rooms on the Rives site. I have found that it is a better starting point than Cardas but both are just starting points. Its easy to get the initial triangle set up sounding good - its a totally different thing when you really get it perfected. That takes a lot of time and listening. Using the triangle as a basic configuration I like to get the bass down first, using a Radio Shack meter and a test disc. Once I've got the flattest bass I can get I start working on minimizing the effects of 1st reflections and getting diffusive materiels on the front and back walls. Then I start making small changes involving toe in, speaker/listening positions. Its taken as long as 3 months for me to really maximize a room set up. Be patient. |
