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Apartment studio and speaker placement troubles
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Hi silentwf

here's one option

Let me invite you to TuneLand as I could draw you up some solutions, and walk through the process with you. You can go to the link http://tuneland.techno-zone.net/ , register, go to http://tuneland.techno-zone.net/f3-home-audio-systems and start your thread.

You might find your answers here, and I hope you do, but also wanted you to know if not your more than welcome to become a part of our community.

michael green
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silentwf:

I fear the dealer is just absolutely correct...the type of speaker you purchased just ablsutely is tuned and engineered to be listened further away.

To apply technical terms, you are trying to sit in what is called a "near field" setup...ie about 3 feet or so away from the speakers. One truly needs to try to sit I would say at a minimum of 6' away as measured diagonally from your listening position to each speaker...and the speakers themselves 6' apart, forming a triangle.

If you absolutely cannot afford to consume that kind of space; or if you truly just want to listen to music at its absolute best from your workstation, you will need to replace the speakers with Studio Monitors...they are truly designed for near-field listening.

To re-pphrase, you could also try to re-configure your room to allow the speakers to be 6' away from you when seated at your workstation.

I am not a professional in this hobby...in fact also a relative beginner...but I have learned alot and believe my recommendations to be accurate.

Any other members can definitely add their observations and feel free to correct any of my statements..but I think I have this solved.

Respectfully,

Ron

ps. I actually located a review of your speakers from Stereophile..and the reviewer talks about speaker placement for your exact speakers...which echoes what I states above.

Stereophile wrote:

Small wonder
As with most small monitors, placement of the DM302s is everything if you want to make them sparkle. First, you have to compromise between bass extension and midrange clarity. For me, there's no contest—it's midrange clarity every time. I wound up with the speakers about 20" from the wall, about 6' apart, and angled in so that the front baffle was all I saw as I faced them.
Read more at http://www.stereophile.com/standloudspeakers/542/index.html#Rp9rtRrS4R2tgATR.99

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That NAD is a nice compliment to those B&Ws. It is warm where B&W speakers tend to be forward. It is not the amp, it is placement. Their is a whole page on setup in the Stereophile review -

Rigidity of the stand or surface is important and the reviewer even commented on the fact that height off the floor also matters. You are going to need to focus on more optimal placement. Part of this will be trial and error in your room

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Hi Ron and Bierfeldt,
As I suspected, the room placement is very important. Unfortunately I don't have a good way to setup the speakers such that they are in the "optimal" position (as mentioned in the link. Thank you Ron for finding the article!) I might have to return these speakers if this is the case, unfortunately. I definitely enjoyed these speakers when they were being displayed at the shop.

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