In my system, the listening height is quite low ( ~90cm ear height), so my speaker stands are only 60cm to reach ear height with the 8361A's. I've been thinking about maybe adding W371A's to the system sometime in the future but they would be way too tall to be used as the stands.
So my question is, would it be detrimental to position the woofer system to either next to the current speaker stands or maybe even behind (not directly behind mind you, but further away and still within direct line-of-sight) the main monitors and will GLM just adapt to that and automatically add the required delays?
Furthermore: which would you recommend:
1. Woofer system as stands that will cause "non optimal" listening height (main monitors tilted way down)
2. Woofer system behind the monitors (possible time-of-flight problems?)
3. Woofer system next to the monitors (different orientation to them being used as stands)
Illustration:
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Comments
Sorry for the late reply, Matias.
We wouldn’t recommend the approach of having the speakers not on top of the W371s. W371 systems paired with The Ones typically operate with relatively high crossover frequencies—around 250–350 Hz between the W371 and the main speakers. At those frequencies, even small misalignments between the woofer stands and the speakers can become audible, leading to localization issues. Time-of-flight differences can also start to have a noticeable impact.
Listening height can be adjusted by tilting the speakers downward so that the center of the coaxial driver is aimed at your ears.
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