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...I know that the distance between the 2 speakers and each speaker to your head have to be the same. Theres' also always a matter of accoustics,hi-sounds reflect better on some surfaces than low-pitch sounds,and vice versa. So it all depends on what kind of surface is close to your speakers.... You should googl about it. But im shure you'll get plenty of replies about this.good luck.

first of all: never place your speakers in corners, that way your low freq's get boosted in the wrong way. best of all is not to have paralellel walls, but that isn't always possible. best is also not to put the speakers near the walls. but you schould keep in mind that if you move in your room, it is very normal that the sound changes, since you get more or less reflections from the room and the distance between you and the 2 speakers are different. the perfect place to sit in, is in the "sweet spot". to be in the sweet spot, you have to be in a perfect triangle compared to your speakers. this means that the distance between you and one speaker has to be the same as the distance between the left and right speaker.

ok, thanks a lot for the first replies. Unfortunately, my pc room is quite small and long so i have to put the speakers into a corner against the wall. I'll try to search for a solution for this. Nice explanation btw about the sweet spot, but i'm staring at a 22inch crt screen which is right in the middle of the triangle formed by myself and the speakers, doesn't that interfere with the sound? And another question: isn't it better to place the speakers behind me?

google for studio acoustics and you ll find loads of info. sound on sound often has good articles on DIY studio acoustic treatment.

Originally posted by : PIE i'm staring at a 22inch crt screen which is right in the middle of the triangle formed by myself and the speakers, doesn't that interfere with the sound? And another question: isn't it better to place the speakers behind me?

1. a screen doesn't interfear  unless it is placed between you and the speakers (which isn't the case now)
2. why the hell would you wanna place the speakers behind you?? that can't be good :p

Speakers behind you is only in a 5.1 situation. If you only have frontal speakers, put them up front. As to distance and angle that's going to depend entirely on the brand and strength eh. More specifically you should check in the manual what the angle is the sound reaches. For instance in gigs, some speakers are 60/60 some go to 90/90 that's really a world of difference in where you can place them in regards to your audience, the same should count for home usage I suppose.

Just try to center them at wherever you put them first at your ear level both ways and play stuff on medium strength with no tweaks on treble, bass, etc., and go from there?

ok, thanks for all the advice. I learned in my search of speaker placement that i first should get studio monitors. Since my budget is kinda low, the alesis M1 active MKII was recommended. That should give me the 'real' sound so i can start from there with the speaker placement. The only thing i'm worried about is that the room i'm in is kinda narrow, that is 6 a 7 meters long, 3meters wide + a large closet. Doesn't that cause a lot of resonance?   

Don't go placing speakers behind you as jemenfish says...

for the rest you have to respect the triangle theory :

as stated in this thread the distance between your head and the 2 speakers has to be the same for both, and the distance between the speakers has to be the same as that ( approximately )

as firefrog said, never put them in corners...

what can help is putting curtains or some other material that soaks up sound reflections on the wall behind you, and put something on the floor...

for the rest it's normal that the sound changes when you move away from the speakers and into different angles.... 

doesn't the fact that the room where the speakers are located is only 7x3m interferes with the sound quality? i can imagine that there are a lot of sound waves interfering with eachother...

Originally posted by : PIE

doesn't the fact that the room where the speakers are located is only 7x3m interferes with the sound quality? i can imagine that there are a lot of sound waves interfering with eachother... 

Yes it does. Place as much objects behind you as you possibly can. Objects with lots of angles & dingskes :)). You need to make some kind of basstrap if possible (especially when you make loud bassy music offcourse).

But 7x3meter? what a strange room... Sure you're not producing in your hallway?

I'm lucky with my producing room I guess: beneath the roof with lots of walls in different directions leading the sound to everywhere except backwards.