distance between speakers

Mockturtle,

FWIW, at the risk of being accused of being a contrubutor of more meaningless information, I think what Jax's comments meant was that if your speakers were 8.3 feet apart your ears should be centered and 10 feet from each speaker, and I assume the measurement was from speaker, not the plane of the speakers. IMHO, although it may have been just a coincidence in my present room and with my present speakers, that is about right on, except that I measure from the plane of the speakers (its easier for me to do that) and I usually end up with something closer to 90%. But I don't value the theory that much if it substitutes for actual listening - it is after all just another starting point. Speaker design and room design makes a huge difference when considering set up, both the starting points and the final set up.

Jax 2 - I just posted this and then found your answer. I'm leaving this up because I think, perhaps, it might clarify the distances 'from what/between what' issues.

Jax2 said:
"The OP's question is pretty simple though, and was answered straight away by Newbee."

I disagree. The OP's question implied that he was attempting to set up his speakers by measuring the placement. Newbee merely said to measure from the drivers.

Dave

Jax2, I should say that I think that you and I basically agree.

I feel a need to reemphasize the need to get away from physical geometric measurements and to place speakers via a method that places based on energy levels. There're so much misplaced support and belief measuring feet and inches, that I just keep repeating this mantra.

Sorry if it seemed like I was disagreeable.

Dave

Jax2: I apologize for not being clear enough. I knew you weren't suggesting the distance as a hard-and-fast rule. I was just curious as to what sorts of factors you'd found had impacted that distance.

Dcstep, You've made me curious. What should I have said? Something like "I don't know what you're reading but with my XXX years of set up experience I can assure you that the only meaningful set up theory and practice is embodied in the Sumiko set up methodology"?

Well from the nature of your post I guess you might well have done so, as presumptious as that might have been. :-(