O.C.D. Speaker placement

1/4" makes much difference with my speakers. My speakers have laser sharp images and very defined sound stage. True touchable 3D sound! My speaker's front baffle is 1" thick. Usually, I put tweeters (mount from back of baffle) 3/4" from front of baffle to make time-coherent sound. For experiment I put the tweeter from 1/4" from front of baffle last week. The sound was aggressive, forwarded, not natural, and not musical. So, I put the tweeter at the back of baffle (1" from the front of baffle). And the sound is too much laid back and not natural. I didn't like it! Finally, I had to mount tweeters 3/4" for the best musical sound. 1/4" matters! If your speakers don't matter for 1", yours system doesn't have good sound images or defined stage.

I hear many recordings have different center points. For different songs I move my head 3"~7" (sometimes) to left or right to find a sweet spot. I think it's because recording studio use inferior speakers. And the condition of editing engineer is different every times. Also, not all engineers have same hearing abilities. Recording studios should equip precision image speakers to make every songs reference quality.

Many speakers are placed on uneven floors that speakers don't stand straight up. I use a bubble level for speaker placement with a tape measure. Tweeters may be same distance from the listening position. However, if one of speakers is looking up or down, it will make poor sound. You should check the level of your speakers.

Earlier in this thread someone suggested twice that you purchase "Get Better Sound", by Jim Smith. He is very well thought of in the industry.
Not only does he give good guidelines, he describes how to evaluate the results as well as any meticulous listener would want.
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Bravo Lacee!! No disrespect, but are you female or male.

You hit the nail straight on the head.

It's funny that this thread hasn't died off yet and, being the o.p., my view on this question has changed quite a bit since I posted this question.

I believe that great sound from our equipment isvery very important but that 1/4" here or a 1/4" there isn't what makes the difference between good snd great sound. I don't buy into that anymore even though Ido believe placement IS important but I believe that the quality and synergy within every single piece of the chain is actually more important than laser precise placement.

My current set-up sounds better than ever simply beacause of power cords, interconnects, power conditioners, and room treatments than I could have ever obtained through just speaker placement WITHOUT the aforementioned.

Thanks for the kind words,it's always a bit humbling but also gratifying to know that what I've said makes sense to someone other than my(man)self.
Sometimes ,in the past on another site, those same sentiments about how I treat music reproduction were mostly met with disbelief,and hostility.

My only intention when I post is to inform others about some things that over the years have opened my ears to even more appreciation of what this hobby was and should still be about.

And for me until the day I give out, that's been the quest for better sound,even before the book,I had a few mentors along the way ,who bucked the accepted "wisdoms" of the day and practised what some still refer to as the stuff of fairy dust.

For me and I hope for others who may have lost their way, deluded by the now so common "it's not about the gear, but just the music" rants,it is so much more about the music when it's also about the gear, where it's used, and into what it's plugged into.

I may be just another curmudgeon who clings to the old ways,but back then, people tried to help others interested in this hobby get better sound,,and for free.

Now it seems to be the norm that anything said to bring about a change for the better in this hobby is just more fodder for the "prove it with science,double blind,perfect specs,it's all snake oil,myths perpetrated by the Evil High End"crowd.

Yes they were around back in my fomative years,but they were a bit more polite,again,my bad for being so old school.

No one is forcing anyone to buy tube traps, to run dedicated lines terminated in expensive connectors and gear decked out with designer fuses and demagnetize cd's and lp's that have been cleaned on a VPI.

Some of us are only saying that these things have helped bring more musical pleasure from the gear and music that we already own.

Proper speaker placement enhances these things even more.
Improper placement,and a lack a daisey attitude to system set up, is a recipe for the "nothing makes a difference"sentiments of discontent and jaded disillusionment.

If some folks don't want to go where I go, that's fine with me.
I'm just saying I'm glad I went down that rabbit hole way back when.And I'm all the more content with doing so.
My musical experience has been more uplifted and enjoyable.

I have no regrets about where I am in this hobby today.
I've set up a decent system in a decent room and taken care to go a few extra steps along the way.

I have no malice towards anyone who just enjoys the music system as it is out of the box and into the wall.

I would only ask to be given the same respect for my practises from those who fit the above description.

Again, I am from the old school.

Okay. Sooooooo, does that mean you're a girrrrrl, or a guy? Don't be shy, you can tell us.