Help: Minimum seperation to make a pair of bookshelf speakers sing

[petetherock]

Dear friends
I am moving to a small listening room, about 3m by 7m by 3m (width x length x height)

I reckon a pair of bookshelves are a better bet, so I will consider the GS10 rather than the GS20, but will the room still be too narrow for them?
How far apart for music / HT do they need to be and how far away from the rear and side walls?

I will expand into a home theater setup after this, driving them with my Marantz SR 12, adding a GS LCR and rears.

I actually like the GS20 but given the room, I think the GS10 will suffice, with a SVS PB12+ for HT.

Thanks

Pete

[Andy98765]

The rule of thumb (Stereo) is for every 6ft apart the speakers are you should sit 10ft away. In metric money that should read 2 metres apart you are 3 metres away.

[petetherock]

Thanks mate!
I just fear that with only 50cm on either side, the bass will get boomy

Any suggestions for HT placement?
If I remember, its about 60 degrees for stereo and 45 degree for HT, did I get that right?

Cheers
Pete

Originally Posted by Andy98765

The rule of thumb (Stereo) is for every 6ft apart the speakers are you should sit 10ft away. In metric money that should read 2 metres apart you are 3 metres away.

[leedswillprevai]

don't be too concerned about boomy bass my speakers are less than 6 ft away from one another and sound great. What is more important is if they are rear ported that they are sufficient distance from the wall.

[Arcam_boy]

a room of 7m by 3m by 3m isn't really a small room is it?? My listening room is 3m wide by 5m long which is stilla decent size maybe not for a full surround system but will happy accomadate my b&w 805's and Musical Fidelity A5 amp and CD player when I finally get them!