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Listening position distance

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How far are your loudspeakers away from your listening position? My speakers are nearly six feet apart and I sit about seven feet away.
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My setup is roughly the same as yours for distances. I would call it 'small-scale and intimate'.

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Nothing is written in stone about speaker placement. Place whats best for you i say.
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Nigel wrote: ↑Mon May 28, 2018 9:43 pm How far are your loudspeakers away from your listening position? My speakers are nearly six feet apart and I sit about seven feet away.
About the same. With Cubes, though, the sound is 95% the same in any part of the room.
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About the same for me. As I posted about recently, the addition of a rug covering most of the space had a big effect on the sound.
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In a small London flat I don't have the luxury of choice, but some theory here, recommended by a speaker designer in Denmark: http://www.cardas.com/room_setup_main.php
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I guess at the end of the day it all comes down to room limitations. I'm sure I once read that Macca from AOS sits about twenty feet from his loudspeakers. Love to hear that. Sometimes I wish I had a bigger sound, I was tempted by those Allison 3 corner loudspeakers but then I read a piece saying they were a bit bland. Plus the crossover components probably would need replacing due to age etc
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Anywhere in the room as they are nva Cubes.
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Speakers 7ft apart, (centre to centre), listening position 9.5 ft.
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8ft apart , 10 ft away.
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