I'm building a new room and will be using an acoustically transparent 140"w 2.37 screen. Ideally I'd like to place the L, C, and R mains (Triad Gold LCR) all behind the screen - as opposed to having the L and R outside the screen (but still behind the screen wall). See the attached view of the 3D model showing the screen wall.
However I'm concern that there may not be quite enough separation between the 3 speakers. With all three speakers behind the screen that means there will be about 4' of separation between the L and C, and C and R, and about 9.5' between the L and R. My main listening position is front and center, 12.5' from the screen and speakers. There will also be another row about 6' behind this row, however I really only care about optimizing things for the front center seat.
The measured angle between the seated position and the L speaker is 21.6 degrees, and same for the R speaker. From the reading I've done, it seems the recommendation is 22-30 degrees of separation to each speaker, so it seems I am within the tolerance (just barely).
Another reason I don't want to put the L and R outside of the screen is because I watch a lot of 16:9 material, much more so than 2.35. As it is, the L and R will be fairly outside of the 16:9 screen area, potentially giving the impression that the person talking on the left side of the screen is actually outside the screen - for example. And if I move the L/R speakers outside of the screen that could create even more so of a potential issue with this. And for 2.35 material, having the speakers where they are would be perfect for voices and such of actors on the edges of the screen.
Another reason I don't want the speakers outside of the screen is that the L speaker will then be about a foot from the side wall (and I cannot shift the screen more to the right to even it out on that wall for reasons I won't go into here). Even tho it would be toed in this presence of this wall could affect the sound stage. And yet one more reason is that I don't want to give up the extra space on the outside of the screen on the right side, which will be used for something else so putting that speaker outside on the right would crimp my plans there.
So overall, there are a ton of reasons why I want the L and R behind the screen and not outside of it. I just want to make sure that in doing so there is enough separation for good quality audio. Please keep in mind in case it matters in your response that about 99% of the listening I'll be doing is from movies and gaming - almost no music listening (besides what's in movie sound tracks).
Thanks!
However I'm concern that there may not be quite enough separation between the 3 speakers. With all three speakers behind the screen that means there will be about 4' of separation between the L and C, and C and R, and about 9.5' between the L and R. My main listening position is front and center, 12.5' from the screen and speakers. There will also be another row about 6' behind this row, however I really only care about optimizing things for the front center seat.
The measured angle between the seated position and the L speaker is 21.6 degrees, and same for the R speaker. From the reading I've done, it seems the recommendation is 22-30 degrees of separation to each speaker, so it seems I am within the tolerance (just barely).
Another reason I don't want to put the L and R outside of the screen is because I watch a lot of 16:9 material, much more so than 2.35. As it is, the L and R will be fairly outside of the 16:9 screen area, potentially giving the impression that the person talking on the left side of the screen is actually outside the screen - for example. And if I move the L/R speakers outside of the screen that could create even more so of a potential issue with this. And for 2.35 material, having the speakers where they are would be perfect for voices and such of actors on the edges of the screen.
Another reason I don't want the speakers outside of the screen is that the L speaker will then be about a foot from the side wall (and I cannot shift the screen more to the right to even it out on that wall for reasons I won't go into here). Even tho it would be toed in this presence of this wall could affect the sound stage. And yet one more reason is that I don't want to give up the extra space on the outside of the screen on the right side, which will be used for something else so putting that speaker outside on the right would crimp my plans there.
So overall, there are a ton of reasons why I want the L and R behind the screen and not outside of it. I just want to make sure that in doing so there is enough separation for good quality audio. Please keep in mind in case it matters in your response that about 99% of the listening I'll be doing is from movies and gaming - almost no music listening (besides what's in movie sound tracks).
Thanks!
