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Post Subject: Macondo listening distance.Posted by Romy the Cat on: 7/6/2017
On July 4 I had a good listening session for a few hours. Not
frequently I have the luxury like this with 3 small kids. I was thinking critical
about the sound I was getting, even though the playback was deal cold after a 3
weeks not playing. To thinking out the
sonic result I was getting and extrapolating in my head the differences I would
be getting if I move the speakers in different directions (I know very well how
Macondo topology response to a room) I come to the very same strange conclusion
that I has been telling to myself for years: the huge Macondo is a near field acoustic
system.
My current room is very flexible and I might locate the
right and left channels as wide as 18 feet apart. For sure it will dictate the
listening distance and the toeing the speaker’s axis. I know all possible combinations available in there and
I am telling you that the current 10-10 configuration (10 feet apart and 10
feet listening distance is too wide and too far. I will be moving to 8.5 -8.5
configuration as I feel it is more suitable.
No matter how large the room is I feel more comfortable with shaping Sound
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