Master Set & Rational Speaker Placement How To For GREAT SOUNDSTAGE

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• DR

  @drp1036 · 3 years ago

  This video was the last piece to the puzzle for me regarding soundstage and imaging. I didn't think slight changes in speaker position could affect soundstage - especially imaging - so greatly. But they do! Thank you!

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• CH

  @chrispua70 · 1 year ago

  Thank you for doing this video. I watched Bob's video and did my adjustments, but yours with the tips and what to look out for is invaluable to me. I'll try to redo my speaker Placement again following your tips. Thanks 🙏🏼😊

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• MR

  @Mrch33ky · 4 years ago

  Great video. I've moved around a lot and learned a lot about speaker positioning because of it. In order to get the best sound over the years I've had to customize the speakers to the room. My initial hi-fi purchase of Revel Performa M22's (86 db sens) that sounded so amazing in the tall open dealer show room never sounded that great in my tiny 12 x14 listening room at home despite endless repositioning. One day I moved into a larger house with a large and tall vaulted ceiling and bingo they became those magic speakers again. A lot of people make the mistake of buying a speaker that will never sound its best in their listening room. And then they try to compensate with a different amp or DAC or cables. Now I live in a tall, thin weirdly shaped Colorado condo and I find that small high efficiency speakers (90 db and above) sound best, and placement is key.  It also depends what you are trying to achieve; one sweet spot of bliss or filling the whole house with bliss. The Revels certainly fill the whole structure but the neighbors do not appreciate it one bit. So all my floor standers are in storage until I get The Big Room again. But in the meantime my Mark Audio Tozzi One full range single driver kit speakers are killing me with tone that no floor stander can match. So it's all good and there's no one size fits all solution. :)

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• CH

  @ChadAV69 · 2 years ago (edited)

  Hey man. I’ve been practicing this method for a few days now and your video really helped me. Mainly with convincing me that moving the speaker a millimeter will affect the sound.<br><br>My first couple of tries I got it close but I couldn’t get it perfect. Then last night I watched this video and gave it another try. I got it close then I started moving the speaker literally as little as possible. And it worked! It’s still not perfect but it’s definitely closer than it was before! <br><br>It’s actually not hard to set up now that I understand that literally half a millimeter makes all the difference. And my speakers are just $200 Polk xt20’s. Oh, and one is in a corner and one is out in the open :D.<br><br>Thanks man!

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• RA

  @raj6338 · 3 years ago

  Thank you for all your time you put in this video. You’re very easy to understand which I appreciate. Thank you again

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• BE

  @bernhardmichaelfux308 · 6 years ago

  As the Puppy grabbed the cables, i was just about to shout: &quot;Hey, dude! watch your dog, he`s eating your new cables lol...!&quot;

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• DA

  @davidtull2388 · 3 years ago

  thanks for your time. &nbsp;Well done

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• JO

  @joffieberkowitz9845 · 1 year ago

  My tweak: use a long towel or long piece of cardboard under the speakers and have a willing assistant pull them for you while you listen to the changes in sound. Also, if you have a laser measurer it makes recording speaker location so easy. Oh, and like it says, play the track LOUD! My volume control has never been that high.

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• MA

  @Max-lk3pl · 2 years ago

  1 mm steps....i thought i was weird; :) Thx for the advices

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• ER

  @ericharrelson2045 · 6 years ago

  Outstanding video, thanks for providing so much detail. I&apos;ve been trying this placement technique for several days using the Sumiko information and all I got was frustrated. I then found Bob Robbins video from RMAF and bought his pdf. Reading through it initially I was disappointed, because it lacked the details I was hoping for. Ah, but alas your detailed explanation filled in gaps. I&apos;ll let you know how it turns out.

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• RU

  @russ-p1 · 2 years ago

  The real key to the whole process like you said it that 1-2mm on the “closing the gate” part. I thought you were being a bit over the top at first if im completely honest until i returned to my setup and re worked that final 10mm. Like you said the bass guitar becomes more present and detailed. I can see now why this track is recommended. Thanks for this video, your advice has helped really lock the whole sound into place. 👍🏻

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• KA

  @kaybhee6 · 2 years ago

  skip to 38.00.... listen to him.... &nbsp;few mins,,, &nbsp;now start from beginning .. &nbsp;speaks many truths... good work,,, &nbsp; what we found too

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