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.
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