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I have some nice speakers but the worst place I can use to set them up.
It is in my sleeping room.
See picture.
There is no other place to put them without risking my relationship:)

Is there something I can do to possition them better or something to make them sound better.
So near with the wall is not the best I know :neutral:

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Not a pro here, but I do have the same problem and ended up with the same corner of the sleeping room.
It violates all of the basic rules how to setup a studio listening environment :)

Just some ideas:
* Why not put the two monitors together and place the monitors at the sides of it? Then you can move them a bit farther away from the wall
* You can gain desk space if you use a 2 monitor VESA holder that you can clamp on the desk itself. That free's up quite a bit space to put things and looks nicer.
* If you can move your desk a bit farther away from the wall without getting into trouble, I'd try to do that. Also if you can move your speakers a bit more to the right, to get some more space from corner, would probably help.
* Can you adjust the EQ on the speakers? My left speaker in the corner caused me quite some problems with the bass response, e.g. I got like +16db on 220hz. Will never get good, but I dropped some bass frequency on the left speaker and that helped a bit.
* If you can get away, maybe place a bass trap in the top corners of the room? They don't take away any space if you put them there and could help with bass response a bit. Not sure if this really pays off, though. Maybe better invest in good headphones if you want to have a balanced sound.
* I chose speakers which have their sound port facing forward. I heard that helps as well.
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classic wrote: Sun Dec 18, 2022 7:17 pm I have some nice speakers but the worst place I can use to set them up.
It is in my sleeping room.
See picture.
There is no other place to put them without risking my relationship:)

Is there something I can do to possition them better or something to make them sound better.
So near with the wall is not the best I know :neutral:
Well.. first, put your pc monitors together before your eyes start growing stalks.

After that, if it's the only place you can put your monitor speakers, with one in a corner... then... only use them in the creative part, and get some headphones.to do mixing.

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Maybe lay the speakers down on their sides, with the tweeters on the outsides? That way the left woofer could be moved in a little from the corner. Some tweeters are made to project horizontally (when straight up), in which case doing what I'm suggesting will screw up the stereo imaging.

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It looks fine to me. As a nearfield set-up it doesn't matter how close they are to the wall, as long as the bass ports have room to breathe. You've got the speakers aimed at your head, so as long as you are sitting right at your desk, you should be OK.

BTW, we call it a "bedroom", not sleeping room.
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Uncle E wrote: Sun Dec 18, 2022 10:35 pm. Some tweeters are made to project horizontally (when straight up), in which case doing what I'm suggesting will screw up the stereo imaging.
A screwdriver can fix that.
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BertKoor wrote: Sun Dec 18, 2022 11:00 pm
Uncle E wrote: Sun Dec 18, 2022 10:35 pm. Some tweeters are made to project horizontally (when straight up), in which case doing what I'm suggesting will screw up the stereo imaging.
A screwdriver can fix that.

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Fannon wrote: Sun Dec 18, 2022 7:38 pm Not a pro here, but I do have the same problem and ended up with the same corner of the sleeping room.
It violates all of the basic rules how to setup a studio listening environment :)

Just some ideas:
* Why not put the two monitors together and place the monitors at the sides of it? Then you can move them a bit farther away from the wall
* You can gain desk space if you use a 2 monitor VESA holder that you can clamp on the desk itself. That free's up quite a bit space to put things and looks nicer.
* If you can move your desk a bit farther away from the wall without getting into trouble, I'd try to do that. Also if you can move your speakers a bit more to the right, to get some more space from corner, would probably help.
* Can you adjust the EQ on the speakers? My left speaker in the corner caused me quite some problems with the bass response, e.g. I got like +16db on 220hz. Will never get good, but I dropped some bass frequency on the left speaker and that helped a bit.
* If you can get away, maybe place a bass trap in the top corners of the room? They don't take away any space if you put them there and could help with bass response a bit. Not sure if this really pays off, though. Maybe better invest in good headphones if you want to have a balanced sound.
* I chose speakers which have their sound port facing forward. I heard that helps as well.
Very good ideas.
A remote viewpoint can make a difference :)

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Uncle E wrote: Sun Dec 18, 2022 10:35 pm Maybe lay the speakers down on their sides, with the tweeters on the outsides? That way the left woofer could be moved in a little from the corner. Some tweeters are made to project horizontally (when straight up), in which case doing what I'm suggesting will screw up the stereo imaging.
Have to think this over and may be test it.
Thanks a lot.

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BONES wrote: Sun Dec 18, 2022 10:35 pm It looks fine to me. As a nearfield set-up it doesn't matter how close they are to the wall, as long as the bass ports have room to breathe. You've got the speakers aimed at your head, so as long as you are sitting right at your desk, you should be OK.

BTW, we call it a "bedroom", not sleeping room.
Oh a bedroom. Should have known that :dog: :lol:
Thank you very much :hug:

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BertKoor wrote: Sun Dec 18, 2022 11:00 pm
Uncle E wrote: Sun Dec 18, 2022 10:35 pm. Some tweeters are made to project horizontally (when straight up), in which case doing what I'm suggesting will screw up the stereo imaging.
A screwdriver can fix that.
How?

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Unscrew, twist by 90 degs, rescrew.

But I had a closer look, your monitor design won't have that. Too bad these don't feature silk dome tweeters. Those are square or round, so can be rotated.
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classic wrote: Sun Dec 18, 2022 7:17 pm There is no other place to put them without risking my relationship:)
No other place you can set up in the house/apartment/whatever, or no other place you can set up in the bedroom?

If you can rearrange the bedroom, I’m sure you can at least arrange more centered in the room.

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I have a similar setup and recommend IK ARC3. Difference in clarity is das and night.

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