Re: How well do your Sierra-2Â’s image? LEDR test?
Originally Posted by
djDANNY
- Left and right speakers are about 6 feet apart
- Listening distance is about 10.5ft from each speaker
- Speakers are toed-in to the point that I can just barely see the inside sides of the speakers
Your speakers are too close together relative to your listening position. For good imaging, you basically want an equilateral triangle, with the speakers at two points and the listening position at the third.
But if you can't do this, well, even the best speakers won't image particularly well.
You can test it out, though, by measuring and then sitting in the appropriate location, and then re-doing the LEDR test. Generally the difference between being in the "right" position vs. not is pretty striking.
This can often be hard to achieve in real rooms, so many of us live with compromises. Most of the time I don't really sit quite in the sweet spot and I've learned to put up with it, but sometimes I move to a better location when I'm listening more seriously, and what a difference it makes. Easy to forget how good it can be.
It's a tough problem. In your case, if your listening position is kind of set, moving the speakers further apart might start to push them too close to the side walls, which can create other problems.
Luna Duo V2 LR, Titan Horizon V2, and Rythmik L22 & L12 in HT, Sierra-LXs in study, S-2EXs and Duo V2 C in bedroom, S-1 NrTs in dining room, S-1s at work, HTM-200s in kitchen. Brother owns CMT-340s and dad has a pair of CBM-170s.