Hedrus Posted August 19, 2023 Share Posted August 19, 2023 I am changing my listening room and want to place my equipment on sidewall, not between speakers. The room is 5.7 meter wide and 6.6 meter deep. why do we always place it middle. I know speaker cables would be shorter, but if they are 6 feet longer does it really matter? I am using Cornwall 4 and Cary 80HS the reason i can’t test is because my stuff is in storage while remodelling. please tell me it will be okey. I am keen for different layout in my room. Thanks for great forum. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators dtel Posted August 19, 2023 Moderators Share Posted August 19, 2023 Welcome I see no problem with equipment on the side wall, longer cables/wires should make no difference. If it fits you and the room better no reason not to, I would say you could hear no difference with a 2 meter wire or a 20 meter wire. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marvel Posted August 19, 2023 Share Posted August 19, 2023 Plus, your imaging will be better with nothing between your speakers. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CWOReilly Posted August 19, 2023 Share Posted August 19, 2023 I have multiple setups and 2 of them have the equipment on the side rather than between. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the real Duke Spinner Posted August 19, 2023 Share Posted August 19, 2023 Nothing wrong with longer Speaker Cables I use #12 thhn building wire Just because it is convenient Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Travis In Austin Posted August 19, 2023 Moderators Share Posted August 19, 2023 1 hour ago, Hedrus said: I am changing my listening room and want to place my equipment on sidewall, not between speakers. The room is 5.7 meter wide and 6.6 meter deep. why do we always place it middle. I know speaker cables would be shorter, but if they are 6 feet longer does it really matter? I am using Cornwall 4 and Cary 80HS the reason i can’t test is because my stuff is in storage while remodelling. please tell me it will be okey. I am keen for different layout in my room. Thanks for great forum. Welcome. Because we like to look at our glowing tubes or blue meters. Just esthetics, nothing more. Never understood why people put monoblock amps directly on the floor either. As you surmise, an additional 6', 10', even 25' will make no audible difference. I think you will see more and more move their racks to the side to make room for the new Heritage Sub that's been announced to sit up front with their Heritage speakers. Welcome to the Forum. Travis 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peacemaker Posted August 19, 2023 Share Posted August 19, 2023 15 minutes ago, Travis In Austin said: Welcome. Because we like to look at our glowing tubes or blue meters. Just esthetics, nothing more. Never understood why people put monoblock amps directly on the floor either. As you surmise, an additional 6', 10', even 25' will make no audible difference. I think you will see more and more move their racks to the side to make room for the new Heritage Sub that's been announced to sit up front with their Heritage speakers. Welcome to the Forum. Travis Agreed! However, if running a Heritage center speaker (e.g. La Scala) in a Home Theater setup, one might consider two of the new Heritage subs to give a more balanced aesthetic! 😉 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iteachstem Posted August 19, 2023 Share Posted August 19, 2023 Some people like to proudly display all their expensive equipment. They spent a bunch of money on it and they are very proud and want everyone to take notice! Personally, I don't like all of the clutter! I don't live in a college dorm room anymore! I agree with Travis of Austin wondering why people put these obnoxiously large amplifiers right in the middle of everything. I guess they can then display their obnoxiously large speaker cables and expensive cable risers for all to gawk at. I'm my future home theater, all of the electrical gear will be in a separate room. I can't stand all of the annoying lights on the power conditioners, amps, etc. At least now a lot of manufactures give you the option of turning all of the annoyingly bright lights down or off. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Klipsch Employees Chief bonehead Posted August 19, 2023 Klipsch Employees Share Posted August 19, 2023 2 hours ago, Hedrus said: I am changing my listening room and want to place my equipment on sidewall, not between speakers. The room is 5.7 meter wide and 6.6 meter deep. why do we always place it middle. I know speaker cables would be shorter, but if they are 6 feet longer does it really matter? I am using Cornwall 4 and Cary 80HS the reason i can’t test is because my stuff is in storage while remodelling. please tell me it will be okey. I am keen for different layout in my room. Thanks for great forum. Actually that the way I have the lab setup. Ideally there should nothing between the speakers. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
henry4841 Posted August 19, 2023 Share Posted August 19, 2023 Others have answered your question so I just want to say welcome. Bunch of nice guys on this forum who will go out of their way to help. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the real Duke Spinner Posted August 19, 2023 Share Posted August 19, 2023 12 minutes ago, Chief bonehead said: Actually that the way I have the lab setup. Ideally there should nothing between the speakers. Why ?? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Travis In Austin Posted August 19, 2023 Moderators Share Posted August 19, 2023 24 minutes ago, John Chi-town said: Travis has a release date been announced on the Heritage sub? Will there be more than one option and wood grain? TIA. Hi John! All I can tell you is what I have seen Roy post here, and other social media. 4 Sizes. Scheduled for Spring release. But Roy doesn't sign off on anything until he feels they are ready. I'm sure if all had their druthers they would be good to go by this Holiday Season but he has told them to do right, Spring. One lousy, stinking part can be an unexpected delay. At the class, he will be demonstrating all (some may be finished, some naked prototypes) and how to get the proper extension with all speakers. A dive into electronics, etc. I get information, with others on my team, on a "need to know" which means the amount of information to properly arrange for the class, proper facilities, equipment, etc. We did get some more photos which we incorporate into the flyer (Monday if not sooner), and associated materials. Woods available, it is my complete and total speculation that they will select woods/stain that would have the most potential for sales. Which would be the current lineup (Black, Cherry and Walnut????) and possibly some others that had significant sales over the years, but that's a total guess. I don't know if they will be offered raw. I lot of these questions we will be able to answer after the class, but I anticipate as with the past two classes, there are some that they are working out. One thing I learned being involved in the Museum Edition team, there are a great many aspects to building production speakers that I had never even considered, and there is a considerable amount I don't know. There are multiple supply chains and so forth. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CWOReilly Posted August 19, 2023 Share Posted August 19, 2023 1 hour ago, Peacemaker said: Agreed! However, if running a Heritage center speaker (e.g. La Scala) in a Home Theater setup, one might consider two of the new Heritage subs to give a more balanced aesthetic! 😉 Well 2 subs are definitely better than one! I always say the best stands for Heresys are subs! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Klipsch Employees Chief bonehead Posted August 20, 2023 Klipsch Employees Share Posted August 20, 2023 1 hour ago, the real Duke Spinner said: Why ?? To let the phase cues, amplitude cues mix and present the total soundstage as it was recorded. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter P. Posted August 20, 2023 Share Posted August 20, 2023 4 hours ago, Hedrus said: I am changing my listening room and want to place my equipment on sidewall, not between speakers. The room is 5.7 meter wide and 6.6 meter deep. why do we always place it middle. I know speaker cables would be shorter, but if they are 6 feet longer does it really matter? One reason I believe is our built-in desire for order, organization, or symmetry. It's subconscious. Another reason is, it makes the room look like a shrine or altar, and we DO worship our equipment, don't we?! Seriously; it doesn't matter and might be better off to the side as you'll focus on the music rather than be mesmerized by all the LEDs. The only practical issue might be remote controls not working if the sensor doesn't see the remote. Best to test first to see how far off-axis you can get the remotes to work. Cable length is unimportant; the extra resistance is not worth discussing and the same goes if the lengths of the left vs. right speaker cable were non-equal. The signal is traveling at near the speed of light. You won't notice any left vs. right delay. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hedrus Posted August 20, 2023 Author Share Posted August 20, 2023 Thank you all for the replies. The answer was what I was hoping for. Another question is, how big sin is it to have another set of speakers next to your Cornwalls .I have two systems, a Dolby and Stereo. Two 600m on floor standers and a centre on a floor stander. I have tried to have an all in one system before but found it difficult the achieve great results. My Dolby is driven by Marantz 8015 and Stereo by the Cary tubes. should I maybe rather consider in-wall for LRC for my Atmos? Thank you again for replies and kind welcome notes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chassell Posted August 20, 2023 Share Posted August 20, 2023 12 hours ago, CWOReilly said: I always say the best stands for Heresys are subs! Heck, I think they're the best stands for LSIs! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shakeydeal Posted August 20, 2023 Share Posted August 20, 2023 I agree that ideally nothing between the speakers is the best way to go. It doesn’t really work in my room because I have an interior door and closet on one side wall and an exterior door and records on the other wall. But I try to keep the speakers forward of the plane of the rack. That’s the next best solution. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iteachstem Posted August 20, 2023 Share Posted August 20, 2023 Hmm... a fine example of too much clutter! (Although, I wouldn't mind being able to afford even one piece of gear in the picture) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fish Posted August 20, 2023 Share Posted August 20, 2023 Ha.....that's the kind of "clutter" I prefer.....As to center....I prefer gear on all walls..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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