After countless frequency sweeps this afternoon I think I have my speakers pretty darn near optimally placed.
The calibration microphone and XLR USB preamp was definitely worth the $200 to be able to run these comparison.
Small tweaks to distance from the front wall, distance apart, toe in and finally tilt made an overall pretty noticeable difference.
I also tweaked the bass adjustment knob a bit turning it down a bit, but after making the other speaker changes the bass was actually a but louder than when I started!
What I'm REALLY excited about is that the sweet spot seems wider now and my head doesn't have to be in a vice to get a great sound stage. It used to require that I keep my head in a 2' box. I feel like I'm at well over 3' now.
The cool part was that I could empirically tell exactly what changed and where and eventually started understanding what changes did what with regard to speaker placement.
Obviously this isn't perfect, but for a den with ZERO room treatments I'll take it!
The calibration microphone and XLR USB preamp was definitely worth the $200 to be able to run these comparison.
Small tweaks to distance from the front wall, distance apart, toe in and finally tilt made an overall pretty noticeable difference.
I also tweaked the bass adjustment knob a bit turning it down a bit, but after making the other speaker changes the bass was actually a but louder than when I started!
What I'm REALLY excited about is that the sweet spot seems wider now and my head doesn't have to be in a vice to get a great sound stage. It used to require that I keep my head in a 2' box. I feel like I'm at well over 3' now.
The cool part was that I could empirically tell exactly what changed and where and eventually started understanding what changes did what with regard to speaker placement.
Obviously this isn't perfect, but for a den with ZERO room treatments I'll take it!
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