Today while I was enjoying a long listening session, I did what IMHO few of us do enough of. I moved my listening chair even though I had thought that I already had the best position, this time I was surprised to hear further improvements.
My room is very small, so I generally listen in the near space, however, I had the chair as far back as possible in the room up till today. After a little more experimentation, I ended up with moving my chair up towards the speakers and even more into the near field. Since I have recently rolled in NOS Mullards into my preamp, I was enjoying a greater sense of depth than before this upgrade... moving the chair closer towards the speakers did two things...1) this position pulled me away from the back wall more ( usually a good thing) and 2) the stage extended even deeper as the classic equilateral triangle was preserved better.
After my experience today, I wonder how many of us could benefit by re-positioning our listening chair..an easy tweak that's very correctable and could prove beneficial. My advice, if you haven't done this recently, try it again, you might like it
My room is very small, so I generally listen in the near space, however, I had the chair as far back as possible in the room up till today. After a little more experimentation, I ended up with moving my chair up towards the speakers and even more into the near field. Since I have recently rolled in NOS Mullards into my preamp, I was enjoying a greater sense of depth than before this upgrade... moving the chair closer towards the speakers did two things...1) this position pulled me away from the back wall more ( usually a good thing) and 2) the stage extended even deeper as the classic equilateral triangle was preserved better.
After my experience today, I wonder how many of us could benefit by re-positioning our listening chair..an easy tweak that's very correctable and could prove beneficial. My advice, if you haven't done this recently, try it again, you might like it