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, your speakers are still WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAY way off man! Not much point in having auralex pads when they're like that lol.

Get a measuring tape and measure the gap between the speakers. Each speaker should be the same distance as that from your head when you are sitting. You need to do this to get a proper stereo image. What you've got there is probably about 140cm apart and 60cm away, so you're sitting 80cm "off axis" and your monitors sweet spot would be totally ruined.

Ideally you would want it to be 3-4 feet apart (90-120cm) with your monitors on a 30 degree (or so) angle. If you drew a 2 imaginary lines extending out from the monitors, they should cross overabout just infront of your nose.

You'll never get this perfect, but try get as close as you can. Monitor positioning is very important. You will notice the difference when you do it properly

BTW: You should use the flat wedge on your monitor pads so that they aren't angled down.

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Originally posted by echosystm , your speakers are still WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAY way off man! Not much point in having auralex pads when they're like that lol. Get a measuring tape and measure the gap between the speakers. Each speaker should be the same distance as that from your head when you are sitting. You need to do this to get a proper stereo image. What you've got there is probably about 140cm apart and 60cm away, so you're sitting 80cm "off axis" and your monitors sweet spot would be totally ruined. Ideally you would want it to be 3-4 feet apart (90-120cm) with your monitors on a 30 degree (or so) angle. If you drew a 2 imaginary lines extending out from the monitors, they should cross overabout just infront of your nose. You'll never get this perfect, but try get as close as you can. Monitor positioning is very important. You will notice the difference when you do it properly BTW: You should use the flat wedge on your monitor pads so that they aren't angled down.

thanks for your reply, the speakers you see are on swivel arms so these arne't exactly how they look now. the desk is very wide which makes it hard to make this triangle you speak off but trust me i've come about as close as i can.

also i angle them down because aparently(according to sos) your ear is suppose to be level with the top of the speaker cone...

so that silver linining above the speaker is where my ear level is suppose to adjacent to. unfortunatly my chair sits a little low so i've angled them accordingly.

but i'm open to other advice - Anthony

Yeah, it's hard to do on those desks, I ended up selling mine lol

The closest you can get is probably putting the monitors on stands right next to the metal poles and using a keyboard tray so you can sit 40cm further back.

I guess it's no biggie really, just sit like 80cm back from where you are atm when youre listening critically. You won't be able to reach your keyboard etc. though so mixing will be a bit of a bitch - have to keep sliding back and forth to check stuff.

The higher frequencies are, the more directional they are. The lower they are, the less directional they are. By "directional" I mean your ears being able to distinguish where it's comming from. SO, with that in mind your ears should really be in line with your tweeters, or maybe just a tiny bit below. I don't really think thats a huge issue though, since you're going to slouch/sit upright/slouch/sit upright etc. and youre constantly going to be changing position lol.

With the angling down I would be more concerned about the phase alignment of the speakers, since the highs will reach your ears slightly faster than the rest. I know this is why it is bad to place your speakers horzontally, but dunno what effect that has tilting vertically. Maybe someone can clear that up

If it's bad, you can just adjust the height of the shelves
But, looking at it now, the angle doesn't look significant enough to make any difference.

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Originally posted by Zombie0729 thanks for your reply, the speakers you see are on swivel arms so these arne't exactly how they look now. the desk is very wide which makes it hard to make this triangle you speak off but trust me i've come about as close as i can. also i angle them down because aparently(according to sos) your ear is suppose to be level with the top of the speaker cone... so that silver linining above the speaker is where my ear level is suppose to adjacent to. unfortunatly my chair sits a little low so i've angled them accordingly. but i'm open to other advice - Anthony

Hey Anthony what's the name (make/model) of that desk?

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Originally posted by StarRizer Hey Anthony what's the name (make/model) of that desk?

ikea jerker. i use it too, it's good!

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Originally posted by nytrox ikea jerker. i use it too, it's good!

...until you realise it's impossible to have your speakers anywhere near where they should be

you could always cut the metal bars... but yeah... then it would just be a normal desk. imo you are best off making the desk yourself exactly how you want it, or just buy a large block style desk and keep everything simple. that way you can put shelves and rack units and keyboard trays and crap on as you please and aren't constrained.

i wouldn't buy a jerker, mine is sitting out in the shed. complete waste of money.

^

I take it those empty bottles help with the 'accoustics'?

Spot on!

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Originally posted by echosystm ...until you realise it's impossible to have your speakers anywhere near where they should be

no. I bought 2 extra adjustable shelfs for the jerker (they are fixed at the metal bars): I put the monitors onto those shelfs and they have perfect positions (I put them onto acoustic foam pads though).

unfortunately i don't have pictures.

needs some cleaning lol

finally got me a Digicam...well here is my studio
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I'm currently thinking of ditching my analogue mixer and PCI soundcard and replacing them with a firewire audio interface. I can mix down and EQ in cubase, (just nice to twiddle knobs) was also thinkin it would mean less noise and more space in my tiny flat.

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Originally posted by The Cream Enjin I'm currently thinking of ditching my analogue mixer and PCI soundcard and replacing them with a firewire audio interface. I can mix down and EQ in cubase, (just nice to twiddle knobs) was also thinkin it would mean less noise and more space in my tiny flat.

That's what I did..

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Originally posted by The Cream Enjin The hard and the soft I'm currently thinking of ditching my analogue mixer and PCI soundcard and replacing them with a firewire audio interface. I can mix down and EQ in cubase, (just nice to twiddle knobs) was also thinkin it would mean less noise and more space in my tiny flat.

Why don't you just get a desk with another shelf or 2 to hold your gear. A flat desk is a huge waste of space in a small room.

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Originally posted by Kid_presentable

thats classic....i'm in tears man

now where's that bin.....no it can't be, is that a can of deodorant i see

Just copied some pics from the DJ set-up link in the other forum... have done a couple upgrades since this, but nothing worth retaking pics for (mostly DJ stuff). Next up on the production gear list... a tube pre and an interface with more inputs (love my Saffire, but needs more inputs)...

How the V8's working out?

I'm thinking of getting either the V6, Event ASP6 or the HR624's

They're V6's... I love them. I'd stick with them if I had to replace them, largely because I've accustomed my ears to them. Whatever maonitors you get you'll listen to on various systems and learn where you need to adjust your mixes and I've been using these for awhile so I have a pretty good idea how to listen to them. I'd recommend them... then again, haven't mixed on others before. I've heard good things about the Mackies. If you go with 6's I'd recommend getting a sub to compensate for the lows. I've added a KRK sub since this pic - rounds out very well.

Here you go, just got the monitor. ohh so naice.

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Originally posted by |Thrax| Here you go, just got the monitor. ohh so naice.

How long are your arms, dude?

17mm lens ftw.

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Originally posted by |Thrax| 17mm lens ftw.

I was thinking about the distance between keyboard/mouse and the end the desk, where you sit.

I pulled it out for the sake of getting it all in the picture.

It was like 9am when i posted that, didnt get coffee yet.

I posted pics of mine some time ago but there have been few changes after that. I'll take better pictures again someday with some new toys in place.





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