Simply curious. Room size being relative–for example, my room is large but sort of L-shaped in an odd way, and I’m sitting nearer to my speakers than anything else–at what listening distance do you think floorstanders become necessary?
I sit about 8 feet from my speakers and have always had floorstanders. I’m starting to wonder if I would be just as happy at that distance with a nicer pair of stand mounts and a sub, but I sort of wonder since I’m so used to that “big sound.”
Just sort of curious if distance plays as large a part in everyone’s decision making as I assume.
Speaker width = listening distance, or slightly less if the center image isn’t locked in.
This. Equilateral triangle with the three points being the speakers and the listener’s head. Of course this isn’t gospel, but more often than not it’s a great start.
Here’s a good write up. The title is misleading as an equilateral triangle is the way to go - the author is simply explaining the concept behind it and the right way.
https://www.digistar.cl/Forum/viewtopic.php?t=442