The ideal space for my L/R speakers in a 7.1 system would be horizontally oriented in bookshelves on the sides of my monitor. I could put them on stands outside the bookshelves in a vertical orientation, but I would prefer in the shelves.
The speakers are Ascend Sierra2 Ex's, so the RAAL tweeter can be properly oriented either way. I'm wondering if there would be any trade-offs between the two options all other things being equal (i.e. disregard the factor of being in a bookshelf!) Have any studies been done on this?
Ultimately, I'll probably do a blind-test to compare one speaker in the horizontal orientation compared to the other in the vertical, but I'm interested in reading about any of the acoustical science on this first.
The speakers are Ascend Sierra2 Ex's, so the RAAL tweeter can be properly oriented either way. I'm wondering if there would be any trade-offs between the two options all other things being equal (i.e. disregard the factor of being in a bookshelf!) Have any studies been done on this?
Ultimately, I'll probably do a blind-test to compare one speaker in the horizontal orientation compared to the other in the vertical, but I'm interested in reading about any of the acoustical science on this first.