Am I hurting sound quality a lot by placing my speakers like this in the corner ?

[Seany]

I'm sitting 10-12 feet from this two channel setup by the way. I just don't have a lot of options to put on the another wall. I read the manual for speaker placement and it says not to place like I did. I guess my question ultimately is how much is my sound being hurt by the way I have them setup ? is it just a little where most people wouldn't hear the difference if properly set up ?

Speakers are ELAC DBR62 Debut Reference that are front ported, some say front ported speakers can often be placed closer to the way.

 

[NTK]

According to Dr. Toole, diagonal placement is a very practical solution to a common problem. In the presentation, he was mostly talking about multi-channel, but the "corner placement" should also be applicable to 2 channel.

Reference: https://www.harman.com/documents/LoudspeakersandRoomsPt1_0.pdf

 

[HarmonicTHD]

They might be a bit close together depending how far away you sit. Ideally aim for an equilateral triangle. But sometimes it is simply not possible within the available room.

 

[tomtoo]

The bigest problem is that you have maybe more bass than you like

 

[LTig]

For a few years I had MG 1.6 positioned in a diagonal and don't remember any problems with sound quality (in an age before room EQ).

 

[Seany]

The biggest problem is that you have maybe more bass than you like

I'm not getting that overall impression. They are front ported and was one of the reasons I bought them to be placed close to a wall. I'm assuming a rear ported speaker like the Polk R200 which I was originally interested in might of done worse in my corner setup.

 

[Cote Dazur]

I'm sitting 10-12 feet from this two channel setup

is it just a little where most people wouldn't hear the difference if properly set up ?

With a set up like that it is almost irrelevant what speaker you have, the sound will be average ( putting it diplomatically) and anyone with ears will ear it that way.
If you want to have an idea of what stereo sounds like, what you speaker can do, use this calculator. just as a test, just temporarily, just to get a grasp of what it could be if placing yourself and your speaker to avoid room destroying your sound and to hear what a stereo mix sounds like. Once you have that reference, then you can decide for yourself how bad your set up in the picture is. The best part is that it is 100% free. You may want to put tape on the floor to mark the spot of everything so you can go back to it.

 

[tomtoo]

I'm not getting that overall impression. They are front ported and was one of the reasons I bought them to be placed close to a wall. I'm assuming a rear ported speaker like the Polk R200 which I was originally interested in might of done worse in my corner setup.

I not see why there should be any difference between rear or front ported regarding bass output in that placement. But who cares as long all is fine.

 

[mhardy6647]

I'm sitting 10-12 feet from this two channel setup by the way. I just don't have a lot of options to put on the another wall. I read the manual for speaker placement and it says not to place like I did. I guess my question ultimately is how much is my sound being hurt by the way I have them setup ? is it just a little where most people wouldn't hear the difference if properly set up ?

Speakers are ELAC DBR62 Debut Reference that are front ported, some say front ported speakers can often be placed closer to the way.

It's testable, isn't it?

 

[Seany]

The only way to test it, would be move my set up to a non-corner wall. For example in front of my fireplace. I updated my picture for a bigger view.

 

[Seany]

It's testable, isn't it?

Is that okay if I ask here first what other people's experiences before I move stuff around.

 

[ryanosaur]

I second the "too close together" comment above.
Is it necessarily deleterious to SQ? not likely any more so than many other compromises that many must make in their home environments.

From a critical standpoint, the closeness of the Speakers is likely only really affecting stereo imaging. You may experience other room related effects that might only be identified by measuring your room response with REW and experimenting a little with different placement.
In the end, this is one of those situations that falls under the heading of YMMV, and balancing the needs of your living space with those of your desires for better SQ.

 

[tomtoo]

Is that okay if I ask here first what other people's experiences before I move stuff around.

See its all about you. Speakers in corners have more bass. And this depends not on front or rear ported, not even on a closed design. If you like it, its cool.

Placing speakers this way is maybe not the best way, but who cares if you are happy?

 

[Seany]

See its all about you. Speakers in corners have more bass. And this depends not on front or rear ported, not even on a closed design. If you like it, its cool.

Placing speakers this way is maybe not the best way, but who cares if you are happy?

Just seems like something is off. I have another problem but it's a diff issue then this one.

 

[RayDunzl]

I calculated:

If I moved my stuff to a corner in the same configuration as it has now, the center of the rack would be 9 feet from the corner.

Fortunately, the present setup is not an issure.

 

[Elkerton]

From my experience, there is no doubt that corner placement can provide the best measurable sound. I move small speakers on stands in stereo pairs around a room when I first use it, listening for what is most natural. Usually, there is one position that sounds better. Z-weighted pink noise then confirms what my ears have heard.

 

[tomtoo]

Just seems like something is off. I have another problem but it's a diff issue then this one.

So why not tell what the problem is? What do you mean with something is off. How does it sound?

 

[Seany]

I don't know music seems like it's coming from one speaker instead in stereo. I need to do is move the whole setup on my other wall and have at least five to six feet of separation between the speakers.

 

[tomtoo]

I don't know things just don't seem to blend well maybe that's Imaging.

Are you absolutly sure polarity from speakers is right?

 

[Galliardist]

Before you go a lot further, just move the speakers forwards a few inches and toe them in slightly. You may have some confusion from the side reflections, which will be different as well because you have quite different surfaces on the two walls.
Try sitting at different distances from the speakers after that and see if you can hear stereo at different distances.

If you are going to move things, try in front of the window, with the curtains covering behind the speakers. I'm a bit concerned about the sloping ceiling, which I'm surprised nobody has mentioned yet.