I currently use SBL's in a room 12ftx10ft and fire them across the room... in this room there is a triangular fireplace in the corner hence across. I feel I sit too close. They are correctly setup and are on cross head screws into the floor.
I would like to use them in my main room which is 13ftx12ft. There is a fireplace on the 13ft side and patio doors on the 12ft side... bass should go lower..
I would like to place them either :
(a) either side of the patio doors firing down the room (there is solid wall behind them but not above (window) or behind/middle (door) but nothing between the speakers... I intend to use blinds behind to make room end live. This gets me 2-3 ft further away than now...
(b) either side of the chimney breast which would fire across the room but would then have totally solid walls behind and above but 1ft deep chimney breast between the speakers... 1-2 ft further away.
My house is 1930's and all internal walls are solid brick and therefore work well with SBL's.
How critical is the rear wall for reflection with SBL's ????
Advice/experiences would be greatly appreciated.
PS. I did have them in a flat in Germany and that room was 16ftx18ft and they sounded superb.
John
Shore
Posted on: 28 March 2002 by Rico
welcome back, John!
Is that the same room you used to have your kit in?
Not too sure about the rear-wall reflection thing - will post on that in a couple of days once mine are set up.
Re the chimney breast, I would not be concerned about that - mine used to sit either side of a chimney breast in London, and sounded pretty good - they even (round earth horror) imaged better than the Kans in the same position!
Some of it will come down to how you want to set up the the room for use.
Rico - SM/Mullet Audio
Posted on: 30 March 2002 by J.N.
There just ain't no alternative to humping the speakers around the room.
Where my SBL's should 'logically go' in my room, either side of a fireplace on a flat wall they sound shite!
So, they are either side of an internal door and sound much better.
One friend had Isobariks in front of a big glass patio door. Disaster? Sounded damn good.
Another friend had SBL's up against brick pillars forming a fireplace, barely wider than the speakers. Again; sounded great.
Rooms are so complex, it's a matter of trial and error (and the sound you like, of course).
Get a friend round and get humping.
Oh do behave!
Posted on: 01 April 2002 by Vik
however you do it, i believe you know the fundamental rules for SBL.
just aim for phase linearity.
vik
(hope youre running em in active mode)
