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Helps with listening and speaker positioning.

Vacasx

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I hope everyone is very well.
I am new to this world, I will soon receive a couple of CSS audio towers and I want to start accommodating my environment in the most optimal way.
I have read and seen many guides on positioning hifi speakers, but I think I have many problems with the shape of my room, in general it is square but thanks to a wall and the change of cover it somehow also becomes a rectangle and not I am clear about which would be the best wall to position the speakers and start there.
My initial idea was to use the "rectangular" shape that the room could have, but I think there are many walls missing on that axis so that it can have symmetry, if I don't sit at the height of the small wall there is and glue the speakers close to my position, all scenic sensation is lost, the problem is that if I move to the left or right, nothing being so close, I only listen to that speaker and everything is lost, I feel that if I move the seat further back, the sound is lost. It turns off too much, I'm not sure whether to start from the listening position and from there start moving the speakers until you reach something, I've already tried several options but they all sound too different and make my head dizzy worse.
In my case I can move everything where I want except the TV because it doesn't fit into another wall, maybe move the speakers to the wall where the window is?
I think that with all their experience they can help me choose an initial listening position and what would be the best wall to put the speakers so that from there I can start testing the positioning of the speakers.
As an additional note, there is a melamine wall that has a height of 1.32m where a map is hung, I put that plaque, behind that wall there is a bookcase, if necessary I can remove it and thus leave that part free.
Thanks for your time.
And sorry for the English, I'm using the translator.
 

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I'd keep the speakers where they are and move the couch back gradually, mark each position and decide what's best once you've tried all the placement positions.

It's a tough room I agree but if I'd just moved in there that's what I'd do.

Before starting I'd try damping the place down a bit. Lots of bare hard surfaces. Get some thick rugs, cover those windows, plants in large pots, whatever else you are able to do.

Lack of symmetry is not ideal for soundstage but it isn't the end of the world either.

If you don't damp and scatter those high frequency reflectors, soundstage will be a mess wherever you place yourself or the speakers.
 
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