Merlin TSM comparisons

I have experimented with my new TSM's position quite a bit over the last few days. At about 7 feet apart and 10 feet from listening position I get as near a perfect image and stage as I've heard from any system. But placing the speakers further apart seemed to "open up" some lesser recordings. The toe-in is also fun to play with. In the end I tend to return to the suggested placement.

One thing I found is that my Skylan stands (4 post) were not doing a great job when filled with kitty litter. I switched over to sand and things are now much better! I'm officially thumbs down on kitty litter as I do not believe that it's as effective at acoustic damping.

Cheers,

Rob

Bobby, in an 18x11 size room, what placement would you recommend for the TSM, VSM - same for both?

paul, on the short wall?
is the short wall draped or damped?
b

On short wall, 2 open windows in center, bass traps in rear corners, and acoustic panels to the sides in front of speakers. Currently have them 5 feet from back wall and 6 feet apart center to center, or 2 1/2' tweeter center to side walls - toed in to listening position with alignment tool.

are the the windows covered in curtains, if not i would.
anything else on the rear wall other than the traps like a wall hanging or the like. think about these points.
if the wall is damped you can move them closer to it to reinforce the deepest bass by producing a longer bass wavelegnth to the listening position. right now you are set up between 1/4's and 1/3's which will hit more in the central bass. i would even try moving them in to 5.5 feet tweeter to tweeter and see what you think. what is your listening distance?
9.5 to 10 feet is optimal.
best, b