BlackVulcan
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I've got an 11' x 12' x 10' room but unfortunately due to the current layout my speaker placement can't really be fully symmetrical so I wanted some advice on what would be the most decent placement considering my listening positions for the ELAC Debut Reference (with an SVS SB1000 Pro Sub), which has 80deg directivity so I'm worried about reflections on my walls (0.5"-1" Concrete on each side with about 3" Styrofoam inside for insulation)
THIS is how it currently looks with my current speaker setup (Edifier S350DB), and THESE are the dimensions (at scale, with measurements) of my room (though it's reflecting what the setup will likely look at with the DBRs, the paper cutouts actually reflect the actual dimensions of my PC case and the DBRs)
Wanted some feedback on some of the placements I'm planning considering my 4 primary listening positions (also indicated in the drawing):
1. Near-field in front of my desk, I can of course adjust this along the X axis as needed
2. Bed for when sleeping leaning on my headboard
3. Bed but leaning on the wall which is padded (actually a headboard from a King-size bed), for when I'm watching with someone else here
4. Workout area (weight sets, yoga mat and some other stuff), also where I go when I smoke on the window in this corner. Though I've kinda accepted that it'll be impossible to get good sound here
And given that, here are the speaker placements I'm currently considering (though any other recommendations would be great as long as it doesn't involve putting my PC on the floor as I'll be carpeting it so it won't get adequate cooling):
A - Current setup but shifted more to the right
B - Rotated PC with the right speaker immediately beside it (still not in the center, but somehow better but then I'm worried about reflections off my PC case like a wall, plus it's tempered glass so it might not sound good)
C - PC moved to the side table, which seems better esp since it's a few inches lower so there's less issue on reflections from the speaker but then it makes part of my L desk unusable
D - PC moved to the far left which is gonna be really horrible for cable management and aesthetics but does seem to have better acoustics
Sorry for the long read, am actually a newbie (just joined today in fact) but got a lot of help and advice from alex-z and based on his advice am looking into alternative speaker placements since my prior setup is extremely bad. So hope someone could help point me in the right direction (though I will also be using REW once my UMIK comes in so that I can get a better sense of my room response)
Thank you so much in advance
THIS is how it currently looks with my current speaker setup (Edifier S350DB), and THESE are the dimensions (at scale, with measurements) of my room (though it's reflecting what the setup will likely look at with the DBRs, the paper cutouts actually reflect the actual dimensions of my PC case and the DBRs)
Wanted some feedback on some of the placements I'm planning considering my 4 primary listening positions (also indicated in the drawing):
1. Near-field in front of my desk, I can of course adjust this along the X axis as needed
2. Bed for when sleeping leaning on my headboard
3. Bed but leaning on the wall which is padded (actually a headboard from a King-size bed), for when I'm watching with someone else here
4. Workout area (weight sets, yoga mat and some other stuff), also where I go when I smoke on the window in this corner. Though I've kinda accepted that it'll be impossible to get good sound here
And given that, here are the speaker placements I'm currently considering (though any other recommendations would be great as long as it doesn't involve putting my PC on the floor as I'll be carpeting it so it won't get adequate cooling):
A - Current setup but shifted more to the right
B - Rotated PC with the right speaker immediately beside it (still not in the center, but somehow better but then I'm worried about reflections off my PC case like a wall, plus it's tempered glass so it might not sound good)
C - PC moved to the side table, which seems better esp since it's a few inches lower so there's less issue on reflections from the speaker but then it makes part of my L desk unusable
D - PC moved to the far left which is gonna be really horrible for cable management and aesthetics but does seem to have better acoustics
Sorry for the long read, am actually a newbie (just joined today in fact) but got a lot of help and advice from alex-z and based on his advice am looking into alternative speaker placements since my prior setup is extremely bad. So hope someone could help point me in the right direction (though I will also be using REW once my UMIK comes in so that I can get a better sense of my room response)
Thank you so much in advance
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