grunviz
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Hi there,
I have just purchased some second hand KEF Reference 1's, which arrived yesterday. I have been playing around with the positioning and wondered about getting the thoughts of the community. You can see in the photo, I actually have the speakers on some chopping boards as it allows me to push them around for testing! My wife was delighted with this!
Anyway, I am swapping from some PMC Twenty5 22's which I just didnt get on with. I had those speakers overlapping about 60cms behind my head as advised by the manufacturer so they very well toe'd in - the listening position is directly opposite the woodburner on one end of a sofa. I think these KEFs already sound great (probably confirmation bias!!), but I am wondering how much I should toe in - or not etc. I started using the KEFs oriented as the PMCs were, and since them I have moved them out a bit wider and straightened them up a bit. Any thoughts?
The room is a small-ish (around 16m2) in the centre of our house which I have sort of claimed as my own. You can see the speakers either side of the fire place. I want to be careful of the door to the left (this is not used), because of reflections, especially as the speaker to the right is next to my desk and in a bit more space. So I can't quite get to 2 metres between the speakers, its around 1.8m+ centre to centre. I am about 2ms away, so nearly a triangle. I could probably get the speakers to 2m, but the left speaker would be even closer to the door.
The KEF come with the ability to change the bung on the rear port to reduce the bass. Right now, I have the longer bung in order to keep bass managable, given that the speakers port into alcoves.
Anyway, happy for any thoughts or comments. Thanks.
I have just purchased some second hand KEF Reference 1's, which arrived yesterday. I have been playing around with the positioning and wondered about getting the thoughts of the community. You can see in the photo, I actually have the speakers on some chopping boards as it allows me to push them around for testing! My wife was delighted with this!
Anyway, I am swapping from some PMC Twenty5 22's which I just didnt get on with. I had those speakers overlapping about 60cms behind my head as advised by the manufacturer so they very well toe'd in - the listening position is directly opposite the woodburner on one end of a sofa. I think these KEFs already sound great (probably confirmation bias!!), but I am wondering how much I should toe in - or not etc. I started using the KEFs oriented as the PMCs were, and since them I have moved them out a bit wider and straightened them up a bit. Any thoughts?
The room is a small-ish (around 16m2) in the centre of our house which I have sort of claimed as my own. You can see the speakers either side of the fire place. I want to be careful of the door to the left (this is not used), because of reflections, especially as the speaker to the right is next to my desk and in a bit more space. So I can't quite get to 2 metres between the speakers, its around 1.8m+ centre to centre. I am about 2ms away, so nearly a triangle. I could probably get the speakers to 2m, but the left speaker would be even closer to the door.
The KEF come with the ability to change the bung on the rear port to reduce the bass. Right now, I have the longer bung in order to keep bass managable, given that the speakers port into alcoves.
Anyway, happy for any thoughts or comments. Thanks.