What’s your opinion on sitting in an elongated triangle instead of an equilateral triangle?
I have now 256 cm between my speakers but I sit a whopping 330 cm from them, a massive 76 cm more.
I must do like that to get more bass.
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An equilateral triangle is just one rule of thumb to start with.
Personally, I have had better success starting with the distance b/t the speakers being about 85% of the distance from the speakers to the seating position. (Measuring from tweeter to tweeter and tweeter to ear)
YMMV
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Hey HiFi…
In my 25’ long 15’ wide room with speakers set out from the wall 8’.
My much preferred distance is an isosceles triangle. Set this way as my seating position is about 15’ from front of speaker which gives a better for my ears and taste a greater panoramic acoustical
view presentation of the musical soundstage.
Having tried near field…my preference is the isosceles triangle
set up I know have.
Best thing is to try different variants and go with what pleases your
ears the most.
Hope this helps
Best wishes
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Same here.
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Its clearly dependent on the following:
the room its dimensions, if it is closed or open on one side, etc
your gear, especially speakers, sub woofers
how loud you prefer to listen
the type(s) of music you prefer
The only one correct response is to adjust to your situation and particular preferences.
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Nearfield is my preference. I have the option to move back more and I like that too. But nearfield is my normal choice.
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My speakers are more the opposite, where the distance between the speakers is more than the distance between me & the speakers. This simply works better with my room.
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I believe that is what most would call nearfield. At least I do. I am eq triangle, Sometimes its better when the that is just behind the head. In my room that just seems to be what works best. But I am rectangle with tons of treatments.
I’ve always thought of nearfield as being close to the speakers. My speakers are 9’-3" away from my ears, which is not nearfield
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This. 
In my case just about equilateral works best.
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If it sounds the best for you, you’re golden. It is that simple. If you want to impress your friends with the technical nature of things, USUALLY you set the triangle such that the imaginary lines from the front of the speakers intersect BEHIND your head. This makes the image a more “correct” size and is stable moving your head some. But all that is highly dependent on you speaker’s dispersion left to right of center, or lateral dispersion. Some speaker’s need NO toe-in! Some need more. The size of the triangle is confined to the room. Of course you can use a SMALL triangle listening near field in a big room, true. No problem with that, either.
Me? I set the seat to speaker distance that’s logical for my room and the speaker’s a logical placement away from front walls behind the speaker and at leat two feet from side walls. Even with this placement, I had to cut the bass -4 dB to remove too much mid bass, don’t be afraid to tailor to the room. This isn’t at all unusual.
I set the speaker’s with ZERO toe-in. I add toe-in and listen to the solidity of a good MONO source (old Peter Paul and Mary), and add some SLOWLY until it seems proper sized and not scrunced (too much toe-in usually intersecting in front of you) or HUGE (too much toe-out intersecting way far behind you). Generally, if you get the voice right, all the rest falls into place. Don’t fret the toe-in as much as the sound. Some speakers need almost none (my CLX), some a lot more (My CWT1000-40). The key is how the IMAGE responds, not the ideal chart or graph.
Best,
Galen
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I fastidiously tweaked my speaker position until happy. I read that Jim Smith, author of Get Better Sound said that in his experience, the best was 83% of the distance from the listener to the speaker for between the speakers. I measured my setup and came up with 84% well within my ability to measure.
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Mr. Smith is “my guy” when it comes to getting the most out of a room and a system.
“Get Better Sound” is indispensable, as far as I am concerned. The book is a great value and easy to read and follow.
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I have 77-78% now.
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