I have a non square room, and am struggling to juggle furniture and my hi fi into the optimum postions. The room is a thick L shape, with the foot of the L being very short. There is a small cupboard under the stairwell is the part that forms the L otherwise the room would be completely square. My speakers are currently placed on the base of the L, this is dictated by radiators and also a patio door, and to some extent by other furniture.
I have a sofa that is position across the end of the foot of the L (so the left speaker fires across its front), and one directly in front of the speakers about 7-8 ft away. When I sit on the sideways facing sofa there is plenty of depth to the bass frequencies and there is nice solid deep thump to everything. When I move to the ideal position onto the sofa directly facing the speakers, it loses most of its depth, though its still audible. If I move closer say about 2 ft it also returns. I believe that its because the speakers are firing into an unequal length space - the left speaker as you face them is firing into the toe of the L, although its not actuallly in to toe, it must be radiating into that space. The other speaker is then firing into a much larger open space, and to boot is about 8" further away from the wall (as its in front of one of the patio door side windows. The left speaker is about 18" from the rear wall, and are a pair of B&W DM602 S3's on open stands that are set up rigidly and dont rock.
I had thought of moving the whole lot up against the longest wall of the L but that would mean a big compromise in how and where I put my sofas and other furniture and even TV as this is currently playing audio through my amp and speakers. If anyone has any practical suggestions - I have tried small changes in the speaker positions but to no effect so far!
I have a sofa that is position across the end of the foot of the L (so the left speaker fires across its front), and one directly in front of the speakers about 7-8 ft away. When I sit on the sideways facing sofa there is plenty of depth to the bass frequencies and there is nice solid deep thump to everything. When I move to the ideal position onto the sofa directly facing the speakers, it loses most of its depth, though its still audible. If I move closer say about 2 ft it also returns. I believe that its because the speakers are firing into an unequal length space - the left speaker as you face them is firing into the toe of the L, although its not actuallly in to toe, it must be radiating into that space. The other speaker is then firing into a much larger open space, and to boot is about 8" further away from the wall (as its in front of one of the patio door side windows. The left speaker is about 18" from the rear wall, and are a pair of B&W DM602 S3's on open stands that are set up rigidly and dont rock.
I had thought of moving the whole lot up against the longest wall of the L but that would mean a big compromise in how and where I put my sofas and other furniture and even TV as this is currently playing audio through my amp and speakers. If anyone has any practical suggestions - I have tried small changes in the speaker positions but to no effect so far!
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