Fung45 wrote:DJ Hellfire wrote:Fung45 wrote:Again, farther apart for what reason? Yes it's good to have a wide stereo field but when it comes to a small room with near fields and a window on the main wall, widening things will only cause more problems such as reflection in my opinion. I would have to see a better picture of the room before making suggestions such as speaker placement and where to treat. A dense cloth curtain or blinds may help with the window, personally, I'd put the tweeters at the top and angle the speakers for a start.
We are merely talking about him having a better stereo field, not making million dollar studio mixes!
So your answer to my question; why should he flip his sideways KRKs, the other sideways is: To have a 'better' stereo field to hear panning better. My advice is still to get them upright tweeters at the top at ear level.
That wasn't your original question. Your original question has been bolded and underlined!
I'm not arguing sideways vs upright. I personally think for the most part it does not matter as long as the tweets are level with your ears. And that's just from my experience experimenting with mine. If I had to answer your current question,
"why should he flip his sideways KRKs, the other sideways", it goes back to the tweeters being too high when the monitors are standing upright. When turning them sideways to get the tweets more level with your ears, it's best to have the tweets out, subs in to get the widest stereo field possible while still maintaining equal distance monitor to monitor and monitors to ears. At the end of the day it comes down to what the listener likes better, not what you or I say!
Edit: Perfect example. This dude's main monitors in this video are too high. This was my problem. Turning them sideways helped a lot and really helped my perception of my mixes.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T1KPs_E2 ... grec_indexHere's a nice discussion on this debate:
http://www.gearslutz.com/board/rap-hip- ... eways.html
