Asymmetrical Speaker Placement - Fronts relative to Center - 08/27/03 11:31 PM
What the heck does he mean "asymmetrical"? :-)
Room placement will narrow the width of my new M60tis if I just put them on either side of the TV (one side is space constrained) and centered with the VP150 (which is centered on top of the TV) - about 6' or so spacing which I know is on the low end.
The question is, can I place the fronts so the center is not equidistant between the fronts and compensate with the sound levels on the AVR to get the same SPL at the sweet spot? Seems as though it should work, but has anyone's experience said this creates an off-balance front sound stage?
Am I making sense? I hope so and if not, I can add more data. Looking at the "wallofame", it appears BigWill, maybe Amer, and Chesseroo's systems have the fronts slightly non-equidistant to the center. I'm not talking about a lot in my case - maybe 1 - 2 feet at the most.
Thanks folks - appreciate your experience or thoughts in this area.
Cheers,
Doug
Room placement will narrow the width of my new M60tis if I just put them on either side of the TV (one side is space constrained) and centered with the VP150 (which is centered on top of the TV) - about 6' or so spacing which I know is on the low end.
The question is, can I place the fronts so the center is not equidistant between the fronts and compensate with the sound levels on the AVR to get the same SPL at the sweet spot? Seems as though it should work, but has anyone's experience said this creates an off-balance front sound stage?
Am I making sense? I hope so and if not, I can add more data. Looking at the "wallofame", it appears BigWill, maybe Amer, and Chesseroo's systems have the fronts slightly non-equidistant to the center. I'm not talking about a lot in my case - maybe 1 - 2 feet at the most.
Thanks folks - appreciate your experience or thoughts in this area.
Cheers,
Doug