linn keilidh placement

[buster193]

what would be the best for my listening room which is 16ft/13ft

I currently of them placed on the short wall 6 ft apart about a foot from the rear wall.

Room acoustics are dampened via various pieces of furnishings.


All opinions are welcome.

Other components

CD: rega planet
DAC: sonic frontiers SFD-1 MK11
amp: linn intek

sonics: bass shy,but when I move them closer to the rear wall I lose stereo imaging.

[Gary]

Apart from the obvious (moving / listening / moving / etc.) there is a web site that gives the proper dimensions for stereo set up.

The bad news is that I have no idea where it is (I am at work now and don't have access to my home computer.... hopefully I saved it there!). Dave (a forum member) may know where this is. If he does not see this post, you may want to send him a private message.

The 'more bad news' is that someone I know used this method and lost some imaging. So maybe moving and listening is the best.

I think that proper furniture placement is critical, too - and not just the listening chair or couch. Everything in the room can affect the sound quality, imaging, bass, etc. I know this from experience (I went nuts for a month figuring out the proper placement of everything for my listening room!!).

For example I lost the bass when I moved the speakers too close to the side walls once. By accident (I went to get another CD while music was playing) I discovered this - the bass was reverberating around in the corners! Another time my couch was not centered because of the computer desk. Even though I was sitting in 'the sweet spot' , I ended up moving the computer to another room in order to center the couch! Bingo, it worked!

Good luck! It'll take a while but you'll nail it sooner or later!

[ishamdm]

My Keilidh's tend to image best when they are set in an equilateral triangle toed in to aim directly at the listening position. The front of the speakers are almost 3 feet from the (long) wall. I'm happy to give up a little bass extension for improved imaging.

Room dimensions are approx 12.5 x 18 (layout requires long wall placement)

Even if it sounds great, mark the spot and continue to experiment until you find the ideal placement. (lots of trial and error involved here).

I just can't wait to get into my new house and finally have a dedicated 2 channel room.

[Dave]

Buster,

Here's the web-site that Gary spoke of.

http://www.cardas.com/insights/index.html

[buster193]

thanks! appreciate the input, will give it a go and forward an update.

[Dave]

You're welcome. Let us know of your discoveries.;)

[Gary]

Thanks, Dave! Knew you would come through!

:D

[NealW]

with my keilidh's i also had problems which were at first to do with having the speakers too far apart this tended to result in the bass disapearing (let alone soundstage etc). once i had sorted that issue out i needed to move the speakers quite far both from the side walls and the rear wall (huge improvement in soundstage) obviously it helped that my room is quite large. i agree with the triangle method but a lot of attention needs to go into what is actually in the room (ie are there pieces of furniture in the corners etc).

anyway have fun