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
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.
IK pink noise tone? Not sure what the poster had in mid. IIRC pink noise has equal SPL per octave averaged over time vs white noise that has equal SPL throughout the bandwidth. The effect of pinking noise is to reduce the level per Hz at higher, broader, octaves, demphasizing high frequencies. Like white noise, pink noise can be band limited. By its very nature, the instaneous level of either noise source is variable. The balistic response of a sound level meter is often set to slow, so it integrates the flutuations to obtain a more useable reading. Perhaps the poster had in mind narrowly filtered pink noise, but the tighter the band limit the more variable the level balistics.

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