Proper (?) speaker placement

audioguy

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What am I missing here? $60,000 in awesome speakers, and thousands more in wonderful amps and subs so they can be placed asymmetrically in the room pushed up against a wall.

This is the kind of thing I used to see when I was installing room correction systems. And I still don't get it?

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Bruce B

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What am I missing here? $60,000 in awesome speakers, and thousands more in wonderful amps and subs so they can be placed asymmetrically in the room pushed up against a wall.

This is the kind of thing I used to see when I was installing room correction systems. And I still don't get it?

And it's probably a reviewer's room!!
 

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I would not be astonished if this room sounds great - it is much less asymmetric than it seems at first sight, as it has plenty of lateral space both sides. A friend of mine with a similar room and placement has fantastic results with a usd 15000 system - the speakers are placed against the wall with plenty of space around and laterally behind. When a room has a large volume and high ceilings things can become a lot easier.
 

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I would be absolutely astonished. I don't mind the asymetry at all; it might even be helpful. But one speaker is pushed almost flush into a corner, the other is in open space (on one side, anyway) and this is a hard, reflective room. Even the couches will be little help. The ceiling height is a good thing, and if there is plenty of open space out of frame, to the right, that will be helpful too, but it still looks like an acoustic nightmare.

I've been in plenty of domestic spaces devoid of formal room treatment that sounded very good, especially with good sub placement (which is not likely here), but none of them looked like this. I'd guess you could walk into that room, clap your hands and understand that it is a problem before you even powered that system up.

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Phelonious Ponk

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What do you suppose that is...a $70k, $80K system? Really, he could get much better sound out of a $10k system and a room addition.

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audioguy

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What do you suppose that is...a $70k, $80K system? Really, he could get much better sound out of a $10k system and a room addition.

Tim

The speakers are above $60K + those not too cheap tube amps plus sub. My guess would be well over $100K. But your point is well made. Build a $50K room and buy a $50K system. Bliss!!
 

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Another view of the room (Picture from Wilson's website).

Looks like the owner use to have smaller Wilson. Look at all the stand mounted Realtraps in the hallway.
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Bruce B

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Yeah, that corner works really well with those rear firing ports!
 

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The owner is downsizing:

http://www.audiogon.com/cgi-bin/cls.pl?spkrfull&1322157298&/Wilson-Audio-Maxx-3-
 

JackD201

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Awe c'mon guys cut the guy some slack. What if his wife made him do it?
 

Phelonious Ponk

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Awe c'mon guys cut the guy some slack. What if his wife made him do it?

In that case he'd still be better off with a more modest system and a room addition. Sound proofed. With a dead bolt on the door.

Tim
 

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In that case he'd still be better off with a more modest system and a room addition. Sound proofed. With a dead bolt on the door.

Tim

Divorce has its rewards!
 

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Divorce has its rewards!

Or you can do what I did. Build an addition on to your home so you can have your own private listening room that is acoustically isolated from the rest of the house.
 

Bruce B

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Or you can do what I did. Build an addition on to your home so you can have your own private listening room that is acoustically isolated from the rest of the house.

Ditto... I've had drummers hitting 130dB peaks in here and you couldn't hear it in the rest of the house or outside!
 

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