21' 13' room: long wall vs. short wall placement

I agree with bob. Atleast as far as my room is concerned. Placement on the short wall with speakers pulled way out into the room.

I am currently set up pretty much like Bob suggested, even more into the room (7ft), 28" from side and I listen about 4ft away from the back wall so the depth is great and I pretty much removed the room from the equation (short of the low ceiling). Both first reflection points are treated with Acco fiberglass panels. I agree that my coicnern is that 13ft for short wall is not enough to try long wall placement, especially with thes espeaker which project deep behind.
Tks

Yip,

Long wall placement has worked best for me with large McIntosh LS360 speakers and even my smaller Cary speakers. You may need accustic panals on your back wall behind you.

Mark

Nsgarch has a valid point for keeping the speaker well away from side walls.

As long as the difference is at least 7 milliseconds (if my memory still works

Bob Katz (recording engineer for Chesky) recommends about 5 millisecs....so in practice between 3 and 4 feet of distance between speaker and side wall is a good rule of thumb.....if this means you need a long dimension then it may be the way to go.

My room is just about exactly this dimension, and after a lot of playing around I have ended up on the short wall with the speakers pulled out about 3 feet from the back and side walls, and about 7 feet apart. I sit about 7 feet away, so basically near field listening. Slight toe-in. Imaging is great.

I do like the long wall idea but I agree with the poster above that the room would need to be bigger.