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Distance between front left and front right speakers

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Another basic question: If I sit 10-12 feet from the screen, is 6-7 feet between the front speakers adequate? I'm restricted as the screen is to go on the back of a fireplace which faces another room (should have no heat issues) and there is a passageway on either side meaning floorstanding spkrs have to be within the boundaries of fireplace wall. Is this separation going to be bad enough that I have to consider ceiling mounted spkrs? I've heard these are a compromise, but so is my floor spkr separation.
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I used this diagram

to lay out and design cabinets for my speakers. It worked great for me.
Thanks. Useful diagram. Possibly a little misleading (22-30 degrees should be from front left or right spkr to midline, I think). Does answer the question, though :)
A figure I saw from someone I trust is your seating distance should be about 1.6x the distance between the speakers, for ideal separation.
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A figure I saw from someone I trust is your seating distance should be about 1.6x the distance between the speakers, for ideal separation.
That would nicely coincide with the recommended 1.5x for screen width vs. seating distance. :)
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That would nicely coincide with the recommended 1.5x for screen width vs. seating distance. :)
Perhaps, but with the newer crop of projectors which have virtually eliminated screen door effect (to a point, of course), that maxim doesn't always hold true (at least as far as SDE is concerned - it may be true just from a comfort standpoint regarding the field of vision and amount of neck turning required to watch a show :) ).
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Perhaps, but with the newer crop of projectors which have virtually eliminated screen door effect (to a point, of course), that maxim doesn't always hold true (at least as far as SDE is concerned - it may be true just from a comfort standpoint regarding the field of vision and amount of neck turning required to watch a show :) ).
agreed, I have the Panny AE900, and if SDE where the only issue, I could sit within 6' of my 122" screen. :D
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