Merlin room positions


Hi,

Can I quickly canvass Merlin VSM users. How far do you have your speakers from the back wall?

Cheers,

Monty
montywoo
All our rooms are different,Size,furnishings etc.So its not a question we can give you an answer that will work for you.You should probably start moving them around in 3-4" increments and report back your findings and we can go from there.Like 18" from back wall,24" from sides,7' apart.Stuff like that.If your bass shy maybe start 36" from back wall and start going back in to wall to re-inforce......How about taking a picture so we can see whats there?Maybe pray to the audio gods for a little enlightenment?Sometimes it works...I can hear you laughing now....good luck,Bob
At app. 2' from the front wall of the room I started the bass reinforcement/imaging trade-off. My old room was large and the VSMs were SEs so I settled on 2' for max bass with decent imaging. Subsequent rooms were somewhat smaller (current is app 14' X 19') and the speaker/BAM have been upgraded to produce significantly more bass. I'm now at app 4' from the wall - imaging is much improved (about as good as any speaker I've heard) and bass response is full, powerful, and very nicely balanced.

Good Luck,

Marty
Begin by following the Cardas recommendations for speaker placement. Can't remember the details, but you should be able to download these from their website. This should get you close and you can then make the adjustments for best sound.