Positioning has been nearly sorted. Listening tonight - Massive soundstage, huge increase in clarity across the board.Originally Posted by brian2957
But this is not only down to the prototype panels but also speaker positioning. They obviously go hand in hand and can only be determined by listening. Measurements may give some insight but your own ears always have the final say. All the theories and measurements only get you so far but I do acknowledge they get you close to the ball park. Personal preference in listening is the final arbiter as it is so easy to manipulate the sound depending on positioning.
When you take into consideration all the factors involved. Room, equipment, speaker position, furniture and acoustic treatment the permutations become ming boggling as with all things hifi it is a case of suck it and see and keep fiddling till you think it sound right to you. It may not be ruler flat frequency response across the spectrum and technically it may not be accurate but ultimately it is the sound you want to achieve and think sounds right to you that is important.
The acoustic treatment of course attenuates the speaker response so it has to be handled carefully. Too little and its not effective and too much and you can easily kill the sound.
I am finding that the increase in information, clarity, soundstage and imaging is the key for me. Get all these aspects right and I think you will be near optimising your system as best as you can in your home environment.
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