Question How well positioned are your loudspeakers?

[Clarkey_71]

Like most people here, hifi for me these days is a compromise and it generally comes a poor second to other living room activities. It's just our family circumstances at this time. We don't want our teenagers locked away on their phones in their rooms, so the living room is generally used for gaming or TV. I would say my amps and speakers get more use watching films etc than they ever do for music. I think the last time I listened to an album was August. It will come around again though. Regarding speaker placement, I try to adhere to the triangle principle but in reality I don't really have the depth to let the speakers breathe as much as they should.

 

[Rui]

Well that makes sense......
Though not sure what wombats have to do with anything

the song" let´s dance to Joy Division" is Wombats only song i know and makes sense, if you haven´t heard it ,listen to it , found it funny. Joy Division was heard a lot in the 80´s as a alterrnative band that after the vocalist ended he´s life become New Order, some people i know didn´t knew this

 

[Rui]

Like most people here, hifi for me these days is a compromise and it generally comes a poor second to other living room activities. It's just our family circumstances at this time. We don't want our teenagers locked away on their phones in their rooms, so the living room is generally used for gaming or TV. I would say my amps and speakers get more use watching films etc than they ever do for music. I think the last time I listened to an album was August. It will come around again though. Regarding speaker placement, I try to adhere to the triangle principle but in reality I don't really have the depth to let the speakers breathe as much as they should.

today most of the young families do that or a lot similar in their living rooms

 

[Jasonovich]

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Excuse the blurred image, either phone cam is kak or I can't keep still

WoW - Nice and clean Doug. If Filofax (remember them!) made HiFi that would be it

 

[Jasonovich]

My speakers in the bedroom are compromised, being a short distance apart. I suspect if the massive IKEA ward rope wasn't there (out of the picture) I would have the speakers mounted on proper floor stands.

 

[ToppingSMSL]

It's hard for most people to get their speakers into the perfect position because they have limited space and don't have a dedicated "listening room".

 

[michael hoy]

My speaker arrangement for fronts.

 

[Jasonovich]

My speaker arrangement for fronts.

Absolutely pristine!

 

[Jasonovich]

The little speakers in the dining room has restricted positioning, the two cats don't seem to mind

 

[Juzzie Wuzzie]

Maine Coone or NFCs?

 

[Al ears]

Maine Coone or NFCs?

Coons I would say....

 

[Jasonovich]

Maine Coone or NFCs?

Well observed Juzzie. They look similar to Norwegian, mine are two Maine Coones, Flynn (Red) and Zoyah (Mackeral, Tabby, Grey). Weighing 11 and 10 kilos, they scare the neighbours dog.

 

[Al ears]

Well observed Juzzie. They look similar to Norwegian, mine are two Maine Coones, Flynn (Red) and Zoyah (Mackeral, Tabby, Grey). Weighing 11 and 10 kilos, they scare the neighbours dog.

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Any sensible dog would give a Maine Coone a wide berth.....
Interestingly enough WHF will not let me use the term without adding the E.....,
What's the world coming to?

 

[Jasonovich]

Any sensible dog would give a Maine Coone a wide berth.....
Interestingly enough WHF will not let me use the term without adding the E.....,
What's the world coming to?

The dog is a terrier of some sort, and not seen a cat that's bigger than him!
I hear ya, the 'E' gets you out of Jail 🙀

 

[Juzzie Wuzzie]

I had two of them - grey - about the same size. Lost them in the "divorce" but good animals.

 

[Jasonovich]

I had two of them - grey - about the same size. Lost them in the "divorce" but good animals.

Divorce is so disruptive and dehumanising. I know, I've been there also.
I hope You've found your feet Juzzie.
Maine Coones are social creatures, follow you every where.

 

[Rui]

My speakers in the bedroom are compromised, being a short distance apart. I suspect if the massive IKEA ward rope wasn't there (out of the picture) I would have the speakers mounted on proper floor stands.

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the wooden cheese board from Ikea i see it mounted under the turntables all over the world, but those stands are fine allthough they are in reality wooden beanches(sorry if i wrotte it wrong), it´s like when one had a boombox in the bedroom the speakers if not desatached would be even more closer but each does the better he can with what is available ,

but there is a lot of strange hi-fi assemblings ,like using two speakers to put on top the amplifier, tuner cd player and cassette deck , this person went to the hi-fi shop saying his new Sony cd player jumped a lot (speakers vibration) solution, he got a new table for the cd player and he was happy with it being so easy fixed ,

other uses the speakers ,one to put the records and the other to put the covers, he´s loaded with money and say´s "that´s fine for me" and yet to buy his first cd player this in his bedroom where still he receives his friends but if one enters the living room there he as a macintosh complete system with some JBL (wooden made bought in 2021) and no cd player, but even more surprising is the records playing with a good sound. he uses 2.7 grams as tracking force with a new sumiko cartridge that cost several thousands of €´s.

I know about more odities but it´s not what is discussed here on this topic ,

could be one , diferent ways of assembling and using a hi-fi system ,also results of how they sound,

other as some JBL speakers on stands but one in the midle of the living room and he says that he putted there and notice the sound was perfect so one is by the side of the system other is in the midle of the room between the couch and the smart tv.

I asked him why when i change the balance to the right the lefty speaker works alone , reply :"i conect the cables how i want why should i conect one to the left other to the right with the correct colours , it works exactelly the same", who am i to tell him that is not the same.

 

[Jasonovich]

the wooden cheese board from Ikea i see it mounted under the turntables all over the world, but those stands are fine allthough they are in reality wooden beanches(sorry if i wrotte it wrong), it´s like when one had a boombox in the bedroom the speakers if not desatached would be even more closer but each does the better he can with what is available ,

but there is a lot of strange hi-fi assemblings ,like using two speakers to put on top the amplifier, tuner cd player and cassette deck , this person went to the hi-fi shop saying his new Sony cd player jumped a lot (speakers vibration) solution, he got a new table for the cd player and he was happy with it being so easy fixed ,

other uses the speakers ,one to put the records and the other to put the covers, he´s loaded with money and say´s "that´s fine for me" and yet to buy his first cd player this in his bedroom where still he receives his friends but if one enters the living room there he as a macintosh complete system with some JBL (wooden made bought in 2021) and no cd player, but even more surprising is the records playing with a good sound. he uses 2.7 grams as tracking force with a new sumiko cartridge that cost several thousands of €´s.

I know about more odities but it´s not what is discussed here on this topic ,

could be one , diferent ways of assembling and using a hi-fi system ,also results of how they sound,

other as some JBL speakers on stands but one in the midle of the living room and he says that he putted there and notice the sound was perfect so one is by the side of the system other is in the midle of the room between the couch and the smart tv.

I asked him why when i change the balance to the right the lefty speaker works alone , reply :"i conect the cables how i want why should i conect one to the left other to the right with the correct colours , it works exactelly the same", who am i to tell him that is not the same.

Good point. I have seen some weird stacking in HiFi outlets in Tottenham Court Road.

I have many cheese / chopping boards with absorption pads on my HiFi setups. Why pay silly money for a brand HiFi version of the same thing and if you no longer have use of it for your HiFi, you can always leave it in the kitchen

 

[njprrogers]

Changed some of this recently but this is the basic setup from a couple of months ago.

@Ethics Gradient have you joined Special Circumstances ?

 

[Jasonovich]

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Changed some of this recently but this is the basic setup from a couple of months ago.
@Ethics Gradient have you joined Special Circumstances ?

You have the same stand as mine!
I believe we also have the same surname 😂

 

[Ethics Gradient]

@Ethics Gradient have you joined Special Circumstances ?

Indeed - we had another member with a Culture ship name, so I thought 'why not?'!

Good spot - great books.

 

[njprrogers]

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You have the same stand as mine!
I believe we also have the same surname 😂

@Jasonovich I believe the internet requires me to insert the following meme at this point (it's mandatory)

 

[Jasonovich]

@Jasonovich I believe the internet requires me to insert the following meme at this point (it's mandatory)
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[Rui]

Divorce is so disruptive and dehumanising. I know, I've been there also.
I hope You've found your feet Juzzie.
Maine Coones are social creatures, follow you every where.

I make them believe they were the ones who left me and it worked out , and even this summer all together at the beach .
Also age helps not kids anymore and being there when needed , this refering to old relations in the past became friendship with the years, never left in bad terms.

 

[Rui]

About equipment, i change all my gear when tired of using some components i change them as i have a big hi-fi components colection , mainly from my father who passed away three years ago,
about hi-fi my main conclusions are ,

70´s material was the best made till today , and with adaptors it works with the more modern features,
like streaming and bluetooth or wi-fi but not as good as wire conected,

also big boxy speakers do make a huge diference in sound quality to prove it just take a look at all old edition speakers style released in the last years,

speakers on stands and directelly pointed to us and very close to the system maybe not the best way to have the perfect sound flow,

just noticed that after changing all this last month mainly when installing diferent speakers on my main sound room,

also , old cartridges when comparing them with new ones they are far from 70´s quality or even 90´s ,and the price is a lot excessive taking in consideration the inflation, the prices were expensive but not several times a midle class wage , `till a certain quality ,

like the 2Mblack from Ortofon , nice but price wise is stealing, bought it but yet to be a permanent cartridge on one turntable ,as i use S-shaped arms ,mainly.

The old fits better and sounds as good as or maybe better as some records sound very strange when played with new cartridges while older ones are compatible with all types of sound recording,

the first i bought was the Grado prestige III Gold, when released excelent frequency response but not that many hours of use, it feels that almost never used but i needed a substitution needle two monthes ago.

To finish i have three Ortofon cartridges , first from 1977 ,second from 1984 and the last in 96, they were expensive but the work for years and sound better than today´s many thousands of €´s with a short life.

In the past Orofon meaned, "Quality assured" now some are the worst i ever heard in my life like the 2Mred and a OM 5.

Only my opinion ,others might not agree with me.