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Many of you have heard of Cardas (they make Cardas wires, interconnects, etc.) and are well regarded. Also, you may have heard of the Golden Speaker placement rectangle rule or Golden ratio...
This tool from Cardas can make your life easier in figuring the distances and it will open up your sound dramatically...it worked awesome for me
http://www.cardas.com/speaker_placement.php
More info - both the tool and manual calc below MATCH
Use the golden ratio to get the best sound from your loudspeakers in any rectangular sized room
Very precise speaker placement can open up a whole new dimension in listening, so I will outline the system that is becoming the standard of the industry. This standardized listening room is a Golden Cuboid and is the model of math used in the system. This method will work with any panel or box speaker, in any reasonably sized rectangular room. You may find that you have already positioned your speakers this way by ear.
Active nodes are the main concern when placing speakers in a rectangular room. A node, or the frequency where speakers and parallel walls interact, is proportional to the speaker to the wall distance.
The three most importance nodes, in order of importance, are proportional to the distance between the speaker and:
1.The side wall nearest the speaker
2.The rear wall
3.The side wall across from the speaker
A secondary factor is the speaker-to-speaker time constant.
When you use this method to set your room up, the speakers are placed so the three nodes progress or differ from one another in Golden Ratio. This eliminates any unison or near unison resonance in the nodes.
Speaker placement, simply stated.
1.The distance from the center of the woofer face to the side walls is:
Room Width (RW) x .276
2.The distance from the center of the woofer face to the wall behind the speaker is:
Room Width (RW) x .447
This is all you need to know to place speakers in a symmetrical, rectangular room.
Where it set me up
This tool from Cardas can make your life easier in figuring the distances and it will open up your sound dramatically...it worked awesome for me
http://www.cardas.com/speaker_placement.php
More info - both the tool and manual calc below MATCH
Use the golden ratio to get the best sound from your loudspeakers in any rectangular sized room
Very precise speaker placement can open up a whole new dimension in listening, so I will outline the system that is becoming the standard of the industry. This standardized listening room is a Golden Cuboid and is the model of math used in the system. This method will work with any panel or box speaker, in any reasonably sized rectangular room. You may find that you have already positioned your speakers this way by ear.
Active nodes are the main concern when placing speakers in a rectangular room. A node, or the frequency where speakers and parallel walls interact, is proportional to the speaker to the wall distance.
The three most importance nodes, in order of importance, are proportional to the distance between the speaker and:
1.The side wall nearest the speaker
2.The rear wall
3.The side wall across from the speaker
A secondary factor is the speaker-to-speaker time constant.
When you use this method to set your room up, the speakers are placed so the three nodes progress or differ from one another in Golden Ratio. This eliminates any unison or near unison resonance in the nodes.
Speaker placement, simply stated.
1.The distance from the center of the woofer face to the side walls is:
Room Width (RW) x .276
2.The distance from the center of the woofer face to the wall behind the speaker is:
Room Width (RW) x .447
This is all you need to know to place speakers in a symmetrical, rectangular room.
Where it set me up
