On Mon, 11 Jan 2010 15:30:48 -0000, "TonyL"
wrote:


The speakers are transmission lines from IPL acoustics, delivered in kit
form and assembled by me. I am familiar with proper stereo imaging. I used
to enjoy it at a previous location with a pair of trusty Wharfedale
speakers...that is why I miss it.

I can point the speakers OK but position wise I don't have much room to
maneuver....the units are quite large and heavy. Separation is rather
excessive...from my listening position they subtend an angle of, I guess, 80
degrees with a correspondingly large amount of speaker "toe in". The room is
quite large and square but with a lowish ceiling for its size. RHS speaker
is 3 inches away from a back wall and next to a doorway. LHS speaker is two
feet from the back wall and 6 inches from a side wall. To get good
positioning I would have to remove a large fireplace and/or resite the large
TV to where nobody could watch it.

Yup, I know it sounds hopeless (pun intended)...I was just grasping at
straws by mentioning it in here.

Yeah. The room is part of the speaker system, and I guess you've
chosen a bad one.

Only one thought. What happens if you forget about toe-in and point
them both forward? I know it's against all the rules, but....

Or put them much closer together and sit much closer when you want to
wallow in stereo. You'll still get enjoyable music from the general
seating position when you're not listening so intensely.

The best image I ever got was from a pair of Dalquist speakers. 5
drivers per box, rather inaccurate response but amazing stereo when
positioned with lots of clear space around them.