Interesting! So even if you twist the screws the exact same number of times, they’re not aligned? I would check on mine but I trust that GLM calibrates them well.
It sounds like your stands are different from mine. On mine, the vertical tilt is controlled by a pin joint (not sure if that’s the right term) in which you rotate the back plate to the desired angle and then tighten a screw to hold that position. So it works similarly to the joint on a mic stand. But as I also mentioned, none of that even matters because the tolerances are off so much that the speakers wouldn’t be aligned even if the stands were perfectly aligned. So I aligned the speakers themselves by sight, without regard to the stands.
These things are just friction clamps with a painted indicator on the side, the adapters I have are the same and they're maybe accurate to +/- 5 degrees being very generous. For example mine show 5 degrees of backwards tilt right now but they're actually close to flat by spirit level.
noted... thanksThat’s odd, I could have sworn mine were just swinging up and down freely when I loosened the wingnut. Maybe I had loosened it too much.
Most of the stuff people on this forum are fixated on what is inaudible.
I can agree partly with what you say. But if you want to go the next step then SAM Genelec’s with GLM. Is a smarter method.Most of the stuff people on this forum are fixated on what is inaudible.
However, as objectivists we like to measure things. In general having a bit of a listen and then pronouncing that things are wonderfull and all that measuring is obsessive and unnecessary isn't really the norm here on ASR.
The Genelecs as you write generally have a good dispersion pattern. However, if one is going to take measurements with the intention of using DSP to correct room anomalies, it may be helpful to have the speakers pointing in the right direction.
A 2 degree elevation at 1 metre gives 0.03m at the 1 metre position.
Increase this to 4 metres and one gets 0.139 at the 4 metre position.
Increase the angle of error from vertical to 5 degrees, easily done when setting by eye, one gets 0.349 metres.
Having a plus value of 5 degrees with one speaker and minus value of 5 degrees on the other speaker gives 0.698 metres or 2.29 feet at 4 metre listening distance.
When you consider that the amps are built in, you don’t actually need DAC just a digital source and room correction is also built in. They are pretty well priced. I can’t afford the “Ones” either but the SAM line is within reach.It is, or would be if I had that kind of money to spend on a stereo system.
