How far should you be sitting from your speakers?


I have a pair of Martin Logan Summit speakers. I wanted to know everyones thoughts on how far away should I should be sitting from Electrostat's.
I have the Summits 8' apart and I am sitting 10' away at this time. I tried sitting in a perfect triangle 8' but it seemed to close to sharp in the highs.
What is the ideal position?
russb
A good rule of thumb is a seating distance equal to the distance between the speakers, from tweeter to tweeter (measured center to center).

If you experienced hot tweeters, you might try adjusting the toe-in so the tweeters are not pointed at the listening position.

Putting some acoustic treatment (absorbtion or diffusion) at the point of first reflection on the side walls will help.

Also, you can try scotch taping one sheet of toilet tissue over each tweeter. Don't laugh. It works.

Otherwise, you might just have hot tweeters...
Another way that will work, Use a steady 1K pink noise tone adjust spacing and distance for a Ball of sound Perfectly between the speakers. The ball of sound will be very noticable when obtained. This can take a while.
You've got the speakers beaming at your ears. Experiment with cutting down the angle ever so sligtly a little at a time until you get out of the hot spot.
You've got the speakers beaming at your ears. Experiment with cutting down the angle ever so slightly a little at a time until you get out of the hot spot.
G_24 (Answers)
Exactly. In other words, adjust toe-in.