I have never understood why some people advocate listening from about a 60 degree angle relative to the L & R spkrs. True stereo dynamics can only be realised by positioning at about 160 degrees or even 170. 180 might be a little much as our ears are tilted inward slightly.
01-08-13: Roscoe50 In order to realise full stereo dynamics, it is necessary to position your speakers as if they were headphones--- one on the left & one on the right. Sitting at one tip of an equilateral triangle does not work.
That's just plain wrong. Sitting at the tip of the triangle absolutely works.
Stereo is uspposed to form a integrated, panoramic field. Having one speaker for each ear is not doing that at all. Suggest OP stick to headphones to be fully happy. I have my speakers at about 65-50-65 degree triangle
This is ridiculous. Music wasn't recorded to listen like that. The sound would reach each ear at two different moments in time from both directions. Can you understand how bad that would sound? The sound from the right channel would reach your right ear and then pass to your left ear and the same thing would happen from the opposite direction. It would be as if listening in a tunnel. That doesn't happen with headphones. The idea sounds great on single malt scotch but it doesn't take an audiologist to figure out that it doesn't make sense.
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