sachinchavan 15865
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I have this unanswered doubt about the possibility of applying the golden ratio. I hope you or someone here helps me with it.![]()
Stereo Speaker Placement for Optimum Sound
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As the article says, “The distance from the center of the woofer face to the wall behind the speaker is Room Width (RW) x .447”
So, even for a small room of 10 ft width, it amounts to 4.5 ft. Assuming the speaker depth is 1 ft, it means a clearance of 3.5 ft behind the speaker and the front wall.
Now comes the challenge. For mine and most other BS speakers in the budget range,port in the rear produces sufficient bass reflex only at around 1-1.5 ft from the wall, beyond which the sound starts losing bass, weight and emotion. This is at least my experience with my speakers.
Doesn’t that make it impossible to implement the golden ratio for speakers with rear bass reflex port without compromising SQ in another way?
Or is there another explanation?