There are no side reflections to ESLs so side walls are irrelevant. Not sure why you say 'so far away from front wall'. The front wall doesn't come into it as it's the seating position, which, to be fair, shouldn't be so close as to use ESLs as headphones, in effect. Martin Logan hybrids with their 30 degree dispersion angle, do need you to be a fair way away. Quads simply need at least 3 feet behind.I don't understand how ESLs can go so close to the side walls yet need to be so far away from the front wall
I define the 'front wall' as the wall I look at when listening to music and the 'rear wall' as the wall that's behind me, though I concede that many use the opposite terminology. Front wall makes more sense to me as the speakers are placed in the 'front half' of the room and the listening seat in the 'rear half'.There are no side reflections to ESLs so side walls are irrelevant. Not sure why you say 'so far away from front wall'. The front wall doesn't come into it as it's the seating position, which, to be fair, shouldn't be so close as to use ESLs as headphones, in effect. Martin Logan hybrids with their 30 degree dispersion angle, do need you to be a fair way away. Quads simply need at least 3 feet behind.
You'd only need excessive toe-in if you're nearly sitting on top of them and that completely negates having them. My 2905s are virtually straight and throw out a soundstage which is good for the 7 feet of my sofa but I prefer the elongated isosceles triangle format of placement with prob. a ratio of 2 to 1 (distance to width).
Beautiful room! And you made me realize I made a mistake: the covenant of our house dates to 1902 so in fact it must be Edwardian too. I plead foreigner ignorance and laziness. That invalidates the whole discussion. Sorry guys! We need to start over.1905 Edwardian sitting room.
Bay window behind.
Fireplace to the right.
Door to the left.
No sound treatment, though sounds best in the evening when the curtains are drawn.
I think the Victorian style continues into the Edwardian period.Beautiful room! And you made me realize I made a mistake: the covenant of our house dates to 1902 so in fact it must be Edwardian too. I plead foreigner ignorance and laziness. That invalidates the whole discussion. Sorry guys! We need to start over.
Fortunately I think the photos in this thread support this hypothesis. Just a bit of fun, that's all (actually it's interesting to know that the house is from the beginning of the Edwardian period after having Victorian in mind all this time).I think the Victorian style continues into the Edwardian period.
Yes, late Victorian, say 1860 on, until the outbreak of WW1 followed similar architectural styles with stained glass and ornamental ceiling roses and other touches.. Property looked good then and still does; well-built too, on the whole, though cavity walls hadn't appeared except in rare bespoke cases.I think the Victorian style continues into the Edwardian period.
They don't look like ESLs in Keith's room; at least not like any ones I've come across and too close to rear (behind spkr) wallBut I'm impressed by @KeithL 's picture and at some point I may rearrange the room like that - that would mean they'd be further apart.
Yes, late Victorian, say 1860 on, until the outbreak of WW1 followed similar architectural styles with stained glass and ornamental ceiling roses and other touches.. Property looked good then and still does; well-built too, on the whole, though cavity walls hadn't appeared except in rare bespoke cases.
They don't look like ESLs in Keith's room; at least not like any ones I've come across and too close to rear (behind spkr) wall
1974 Tannoy Cheviots reconned by Lockwoods 15 years ago.Look like some of the larger BBC boxes to me, the three-way Spendors or Harbeths, something like that, maybe even LS5/8s.
Hmmm. But the Bridget Riley makes up for it.Every listening room needs Marvin The Martian. Fact.
It’s very handy for juggling: 4 clubs or 5 balls is possible, and we have managed a passing pattern between two of us with 7 balls: it was the reason we bought the house! That and stilt walking… oh, and tightrope practice.Out of pure curiosity why did the Victorians build their houses with high ceilings. I know they are cool in summer but they must have needed a lot of expensive coal to heat them up in winter and also it makes for very steep (dangerous?) stairs.
Does anyone know the reasons?
They don't look like ESLs in Keith's room; at least not like any ones I've come across and too close to rear (behind spkr) wall