JezA;609150 Wrote: > Lets work it back from the speakers. > > Your room is 8' wide. > > You need the speakers in from the side-walls, so very roughly lets > guess that they will be 6' or less apart - 1' in or more from each > wall. > > So again, very roughly, allowing 1' behind them, if you sit somthing > like 6 - 8' away from the front wall, you'll be around 6' away from > either speaker. > > Pretty excellent near-field-ish listening imo. Equilateral triangle. > Way to go. Great stereo, rock solid image, predominantly direct sound. > > > If your sofa takes up 3', and your room is 18' long,you've still got 9' > for your table. Maybe you have to shuggle a bit of furniture about if > you are entertaining, but you should get a much better sound than > trying to listen to your speakers from the far end of the room with a > dining set in the way.
Not being a fan of near-field listening (if I want near-field listening I just use headphones) I really feel that sitting 6 feet away from speakers that are 6 feet apart is too close but you may feel otherwise and find that you enjoy near-field listening. I like the idea of the listening position located on the other end of the room with something like 10 to 12 feet from the speakers. However I do agree that the table and chairs will be a bit of problem. Again I suggest that you look into a convertible table and possibly even high quality folding chairs. Yes they do make very good quality folding chairs that are pretty much indistinguishable from regular chairs when opened up. -- ralphpnj Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels -> Snatch -> The Transporter -> Transporter 2 (oops) -> Touch 'Last.fm' (http://www.last.fm/user/jazzfann/) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ralphpnj's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=10827 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=85319 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
