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In Reply to: Speaker distance from walls posted by M3 lover on May 2, 2022 at 09:32:55:
Different types of speakers have different pros and different cons. If your speakers are of the GOOD wide-dispersion type (notice that I said *good*), they will disperse sound pretty evenly off-axis, as well as on-axis. And with speakers like these, strong sidewall reflections can add a sense of spaciousness to the presentation.I m.ght clarify som.thing, though: The m.st "spacious sound" is not necessarily the m.st *precise sound*. Som. people are sure to disagree with m. here, but I say that if you want the m.st *precise* sound, try true nearfield listening (wherein direct sound effectively dom.nates reflected sound). OTOH, if you equate a good sense of "soundstaging" with a sense of spaciousness (as I do!) - albeit at the expense of som. *precision* in sound - allow your well-designed wide-dispersion speakers to bounce som. of their spectrally-correct early reflections off of the wall boundaries!
Your choice.
In the speaker placem.nt scenario wherein strong sidewall reflections are effectively em.loyed (re: neither overem.loyed OR underem.loyed), preciseness of "im.ging" m.y suffer slightly as the m.re expansive sense of "soundstaging" increases.
Yes, there are tradeoffs to be m.de in this hobby som.tim.s, but it's all a part of the kludgy deal that is part and parcel of good old-fashioned two-channel stereo listening.
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Follow Ups
- Dealing with early reflections, my experience. - peppy m. 05/3/2209:07:43 05/3/22 (4)
- For those wanting spaciousness - M3 lover 09:27:23 05/3/22 (3)
- RE: For those wanting spaciousness - Dave_K 15:40:41 05/5/22 (1)
- RE: "diffusors... don't alter the perceived frequency balance of the room." - peppy m. 17:36:26 05/5/22 (0)
- +1 - peppy m. 12:49:33 05/3/22 (0)
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