Apogee stage manual speaker distance chart

They (Stages) were about the easiest speakers to place I ever had.
I could never hear the sound coming from the individual speaker or driver.

Bombaywalla, thanks for your response. I'm at work presently but when I get off and have time to analyze your explanation I'll chime back and let you know. Thanks so much.

Rgs92, I've never been able to make my stages disappear but then again I've never really had the proper room for them either. I'm getting ready to move so I'm gonna try to find a room that'll accommodate them. Wish me luck. In general, have you (or whom ever is reading this) had better luck with the speakers firing down the room or across it?

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Andrew, if your're reading this, it's Whiznant, the guy with the Kuro.

Ok. Had a chance to examine your explanation. Currently on the way back from RMAF'n it up and my buddy is driving so I'm typing.

What you are saying is exactly what I assumed. I did have one apephany though. I thought that the distance from the rear wall was a suggested distance as opposed to that being totally arbitrary. I guess the thing that throws me off about the chart is the blank spaces under the 4' column. Have any light to shed there?

As a for instance, what would be the tilt back for a listening distance of 6' and the speakers 4' from the back wall? And why is there a measurement for tilt back at 3' but not 4'?

Thanks you for your detailed explanation above.

It may be hard to believe, but I had my Stages about 18 inches from the wall behind them for the best sound, and they were best on the long wall, firing across the room, not down the center, almost monitor-like.
I didn't measure, but I just used moderate tilt-back.
There was no ringing or beaming or boom.
Not too much depth, though, but they did disappear like no other.

I thought that the distance from the rear wall was a suggested distance as opposed to that being totally arbitrary.

that's right - it's not arbitrary. you can see that 3'-4' is recommended in Diagram 4 as well.

I guess the thing that throws me off about the chart is the blank spaces under the 4' column. Have any light to shed there?

no idea why they left these 2 positions empty. Several thoughts crossed my mind:
* you cannot sit 6' or 8' away & have the speakers 4' from the rear wall (this seems ridiculous!)
* if you sit 6' or 8' away the tilt remains fixed at 5" for both (agaain, this makes little sense)
* from the 3' column note that the tilt angle increases 1" when distance is reduced 10'->8' & another 1" when distance is decreased from 8'->6'. Thus, for the 4' column, the tilt-back for the 8' distance = 6" & for the 6' distance tilt-back is 7".

Thanks you for your detailed explanation above.

no problem. good to note that you found it somewhat useful.