Large boxes bearing heavy things!

[hungrych]

Figured it out yet? Energy C-3's!

Gotta use a t-amp till I get something better. And hopefully I'll go to Best Buy soon to get some speaker cables and batteries so I can listen.

[aerius]

Nice speakers. A friend of mine had them until a couple years ago or so when she moved to a new place. Then she moved again a few months ago, and now she's considering a set of Living Voice OBX-R's. God I hate her.

[tkam]

Congrats hungry, those are pretty nice budget speakers you have there

[hungrych]

Ok, first impressions, not as light and comfy on my head as the CD3000...

Sorry I'm getting kind of impatient here.

[hungrych]

So a few hours, a trip to walmart, 20 AA batteries, and some quick utility knife speaker wire stripping (ow..) later, my speakers are working! No impressions yet, other than good, cause I want to get as much listening in before I go to bed as I can.

[hungrych]

Any tips on speaker positioning? They're about 3-5 feet away from me if that helps. I really have no idea where to start.

[Dusty Chalk]

Yeah: turn 'em upside down (I'm serious -- tweeters at ear level is a good rule of thumb). You may also want to try them sideways (either both tweeters in, or both tweeters out).

In terms of toe-in, just play with it -- try aiming them at you, try aiming them straight ahead (past you), try aiming them crosswise (left speaker to right ear, etc.). Toe-in is a trick to get the treble right. Speakers tend to be brightest straight in front of the tweeter, and goes down as you move away from directly on-axis. There is an optimal balance somewhere within that gradient.

That said, there are always exceptions, and I'm not familiar with your speakers.

[hungrych]

Here's a side view of my listening area:

And this is from the top of my computer:

[Dusty Chalk]

Yuck! Wide open on the left, and closed in on the right? You're beyond help.

That said, I had a very similar situation, so...sympathies...condolences...etc...

Just turn 'em off and listen to headphones.

[hungrych]

Thanks.

[Dusty Chalk]

Sorry, dude, I was just being blunt because I've been there -- and there was nothing I could do to make the sound right. If there's any way you can get out of the corner, do it.

[aerius]

Actually I'd suggest using the corner to your advantage and try out a diagonal setup if you have the room for it.. Leave everything as is, but move the desk along with the speakers such that the desk goes diagonally across the corner. This way you end up with one speaker on each side of the corner and it helps out the room symmetry. Article on diagonal setups from the Decware site.