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From: kucharsk@dancer.Solbourne.COM (William Kucharski)
Newsgroups: rec.audio.high-end
Subject: Re: Apogee Caliper Signatures
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Date: 18 Sep 90 12:53:57 GMT
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In article <6352@uwm.edu> hfsi!bui@uunet.uu.net writes:
 >How far away from the back wall and the side walls should the speakers
 >be for optimal sound?
 
 Optimally, they should be at least 4' from the rear walls and 2-3' from
 side walls.

 >I love the spacious sound of planars, but have
 >a small room.  My speakers can only be at most 6 f apart, 3 f. from the
 >rear wall and 2 f. from the side walls.

 I think you'd get acceptable sound from this, depending upon what's on the
 wall behind the speaker and what else is in your room.  My room is kind of
 odd-shaped, so I have the speakers about 4' from the rear wall but the right
 speaker is about 2' from the side while the left speaker is about 12' from
 the left wall (there's a hallway on the left of the left speaker).  Amazing,
 but it works.  Oh, they're about 8' apart so they can have a WIDE berth around
 my TV -- those Apogee magnets are strong and will start to affect TV picture
 if they're closer than about 3-4' to a picture tube (ref: Sony KV27XBR-15).

 >Also is the sweet spot very narrow ?

 Actually, it's about the width a few couch cushions, I'd say about 3' or so.
 The degree and shape of the sweet spot depends upon toe-in; Apogee recommends
 no toe-in, but I need to toe-in mine about 5 degrees due to the aforementioned
 room dimensions, and thus my sweet spot is a bit smaller than "normal."  For
 example, I have no problems sharing the sweet spot with my wife while sitting
 on the couch.

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