Now that my room treatments are more or less complete (with analysis and assistance from GIK), I’ve been moving my speakers around based on a few things - what I’m hearing, what I’m seeing via REW measurements, and (to a smaller degree because I dont know how good it is) REW’s own simulation feature. Trying to find the spot that locks things together the best I can get.
I’d been reading a bit about the SBIR phenomenon and placement recommendations based on this, in part to tame an aggressive 38Hz peak in my room. Sure enough the simulator shows that with close placement to the front wall, and the commensurate seating position, the peak is effectively (along with other bumps and dips in the low end) dealt with. So I figured I’d give it a go. The surprise I got (apart from what did seem like a smoother low end) was a complete collapse of front to back staging, plus a smaller but still noticeable shrinking of soundstage width.
Have others trying SBIR placement experienced this? My speakers do have rear ambient tweeters, so that may be a factor - but I don’t think so, as when the speakers are further into the room the stage depth is just fine (albeit different) with or without the rears active. I guess I’m wondering if SBIR placement is really better suited to a recording studio situation, where it seems to be the focus of a number of sites that talk about this approach, over a home listening room.
I’d been reading a bit about the SBIR phenomenon and placement recommendations based on this, in part to tame an aggressive 38Hz peak in my room. Sure enough the simulator shows that with close placement to the front wall, and the commensurate seating position, the peak is effectively (along with other bumps and dips in the low end) dealt with. So I figured I’d give it a go. The surprise I got (apart from what did seem like a smoother low end) was a complete collapse of front to back staging, plus a smaller but still noticeable shrinking of soundstage width.
Have others trying SBIR placement experienced this? My speakers do have rear ambient tweeters, so that may be a factor - but I don’t think so, as when the speakers are further into the room the stage depth is just fine (albeit different) with or without the rears active. I guess I’m wondering if SBIR placement is really better suited to a recording studio situation, where it seems to be the focus of a number of sites that talk about this approach, over a home listening room.
