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|   Front Speakers - When should you toe in, or keep straight? | audioqueso
Dec 11, 2002 8:22 AM | | I'm just wondering (because I don't know) when referring to front speakers (towers or bookshelf), when should you keep them pointing straight in parallel, and when should you toe them it? |
| re: Front Speakers - When should you toe in, or keep straight? | Ray from RI
Dec 11, 2002 8:51 AM | | If you listen to your material, and find that there's a "hole" in the middle", then you should consider toeing them in. Best example is large orchestral piece. You should hear a sea of strings in front of you. If the first violins and cellos are spread too far, you'll not find any strings in front.
The angle depends on the relative distance between you and the speakers and between the two speakers; as well as the dispersion pattern of the speaker themselves.
Experiment a little.
-Ray |
| re: Front Speakers - When should you toe in, or keep straight? | cicone
Dec 11, 2002 9:05 AM | | Audioqueso, That depends on what your trying to accomplish. For example, my room is used primarily for two channel and occassional HT. Due to the size(21'X 13')of the room and speakers on the long wall, the speakers are necessarily close to the listening position. As a result, I have the mains spread at 70 degrees instead of the recommended 60. In order to create a seamless soundstage for HT, I had to set toe in to aim at a point about 1 foot in front of my face while sitting in the sweet spot---this allows people seated to the right and left to enjoy HT without getting over powered by the nearer speaker---utilizing the off axis response this way really helps. Normally toe in is the last adjustment to speaker placement. I would sit in the sweet spot and have a friend start toeing in in very small increments or toe them in so that you can see the outside of the cabinets and then slowly toe them out until the center fill and soundstaging is the best. BTW, my compromise for HT turned out to be excellent for two channel as well. Here's a nice Url for you. http://www.soundstage.com/audiohell/audiohell200111.htm Good luck. |
| You should always toe in speakers | Richard Greene
Dec 11, 2002 2:53 PM | | ... unless they sound better not toed in ... which probably means the manufacturer "voiced" the speakers using the assumption that the tweeters would not be aimed at your ears. If for some reason you can not separate your left and right speakers sufficiently, such as an unusually narrow room, they may sound better with less toe in or no toe in.
Toe in reduces early reflections off the side walls and places the tweeter on-axis with your ears where the frequency response will be smoother than off-axis.
If the tweeter is too bright and there's nothing you can do about it with your electronics you'll have to use less toe in or no toe in at all. If |
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