I Always Find this simple hack of
Cross Connection of Speaker Cables along the binding posts, gets me better Depth in stereo, along with better instrumental separation.
Could be mostly a Subjective Opinion but I'd love to hear other FMs experience with this kind of connection. This is quite simple, attaching pics for reference...
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Qacoustics recommends this type of wiring. But Iam glad I couldn't hear a difference trying this implementation. Imagine the number of combinations possible with 3 pairs of binding posts and 2 polarities
. Enough to drive one crazy with the experiments
1.I've recently been reading a lot on the headphone forums. And they all talk about depth like it is constant on all their gear. Considering that we use the same gear. My best guess is that loss of depth is a casualty of the speaker room interaction.
2.And it's not easy to perceive depth because of how our ears are placed left and right, and not on our nose and behind. So we can easily perceive left and right paning of instruments, but not the exact depth.
3. To add to the above woes, psychoacoustic research has shown that at mid to lower frequencies, the brain clubs all incoming sounds within a 5 ms interval. Which means that a speaker and sub placed within a distance of 1.7 mtrs from each other will sound like one unified source. So with the brains inherent inability to measure distance of 1.7 mtr in mid to low frequencies, we are totally dependent on the treble to give that perception of depth.
4. To add to point no. 3, I have seen folks claiming more depth and air with the addition of super tweeters. Technically it makes sense to me now. But even with addition of super tweeters I can't fathom any improvements in depth. Guess with my hearing, it's like putting lipstick on a pig
Thought I'd add an additional point no. 5 to the above post. Though it might be very specific to my particular room, with it being too small.
I've found that sitting in a equilateral triangle or close to a equilateral triangle in a near field setup. With the speakers pulled out from the walls gives a good perception of depth. Probably because the reflected sound is reaching my ears with a delay. As per Linn, if listener to tweeter distance is X. Then tweeter to tweeter distance should be 83% of X, to get optimum depth. Maybe folks can give it a try for free, and see
