New ELX Titan towers - best positioning?

[James]

Then you lose imaging across the soundstage. It is all a compromise.

IMO, one of Ascend's greatest strengths is imaging.

With the speakers 4 feet apart, we have fantastic imaging.

I strongly recommend Stereophile Editor's Choice cd. It has a number of very helpful tracks, both test tracks and music. And John Atkinson describes how he recorded all of the music tracks, with descriptions of how they should sound.

Stereophile Editor's Choice - Test CD - Music Direct

The best way to use the music tracks would be to listen to them without knowing how they're supposed to sound, and then read the descriptions, imho.

[James]

In case anyone's interested, there are a few things we did that noticeably improved the imaging of our system.

First we used REW and an equalizer to help remove room effects.
Then we took the bases off of the speakers and installed furniture glides directly to the speakers.
And lastly we mounted the tv on the wall, moving it behind the backs of the speakers.

With the last change, we also changed some cables, but it's hard/impossible to know how much that contributed to the improvements. My guess is that moving the tv was a bigger improvement.

[curtis]

With the speakers 4 feet apart, we have fantastic imaging.

I strongly recommend Stereophile Editor's Choice cd. It has a number of very helpful tracks, both test tracks and music. And John Atkinson describes how he recorded all of the music tracks, with descriptions of how they should sound.

Stereophile Editor's Choice - Test CD - Music Direct

The best way to use the music tracks would be to listen to them without knowing how they're supposed to sound, and then read the descriptions, imho.

Understood, but very narrow separation.

Like I said, we all have to make compromises for our individual situations.