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Jul 21 2014, 03:09 AM
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I switched it back to this arrangement - I'll see if I can get use to it, but it would be easier if the side screens would tilt down a little more...
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Jul 21 2014, 10:09 AM
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That's better than the previous picture regarding the height of the tweeter as Todd advised. One thing that may be a concern is that the KRKs may not be designed to be placed on their sides - it should say in the manual. If they are not you'll end up with focus and timing ssues, which will make it a bit harder to end up with mixes that sound 'integrated'. If they can be placed on their sides you may want to reposition slightly to put the tweeters on the outside and the bass/mid inside.
Anyway check what it says in the KRK manual first as you might be ok. -------------------- Get your music professionally mastered by anl AES registered Mastering Engineer. Contact me for Audio Mastering Services and Advice and visit our website www.miromastering.com
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Jul 21 2014, 10:27 AM
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What if the speakers were up high, like before, but angled down to face directly at my head?
This post has been edited by Spock: Jul 21 2014, 10:33 AM |
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Jul 21 2014, 12:03 PM
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Possibly provided that:
1/ you are happy with where the audio would be perceived to be coming from 2/ you did the sound treatment appropriate to the new dimensions of the room. 3/ you position your speakers so that the rear of them are near a hard surface - they're near fields and so use a hard surface to help with the bass end. 4/ don't have them firing back in to a corner or where the ceiling makes the 'join' with the wall. 5/ the distance from the speaker to your ear is within the near fileld's sweet spot. A major issue to be aware of is that you probably will no longer have the monitors firing down the longest legth of the room but a shorter side of ceiiling to floor. Also it's likely that you may no longer be positioned with in an equalteral triangle so you will be out of the sweetspot and this will affect stereo coherence. The floor is also probably a different surface to the walls and you may have to think carefuly about reflections from it and the ceiling more. One practical thing - You would need to be careul with mounting them on to a bracket. I don't know what your KRKs weigh but my monitors are over 40 kg so getting up to the ceiling would be a pain. If the ceiling pist couldn't support theim there would be a loud bang followed by a lot of dust and even more swearing. -------------------- Get your music professionally mastered by anl AES registered Mastering Engineer. Contact me for Audio Mastering Services and Advice and visit our website www.miromastering.com
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The basic thing you are trying to get in your speaker placement is the drivers putting out sound that's reaching your ears at roughly the same time with minimal coloration from the room around it. Angled speakers suffer a bit as Tony mentioned and KRK speakers on their side tend to introduce PHASE ISSUES so I would NOT suggest as a permanent solution. Here is a pic of a studio setup from the days of yesteryear for reference.
The Lots of folks use speaker stands just for this purpose, to get the speakers to a proper height. You could always put the monitors on stands to each side of the desk and leave the desk area for for your computer monitors and such? 
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Jul 21 2014, 06:56 PM
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Positioning monitors is a pain but it's worth spending the time and effort in the long run.
It's such a pain that there are even issues in the photo Todd posts of the mixing studio above to do with things like comb filtering from the top of the console and high frequency reflections from the window behind the console and to the side. The majority of mixing studios have this issue though. The NS10s on the bridge will almost certainly suffer from recoil as well and could benefit from being gently tilted a bit up off the bridge. The bigger KH (?) monitors look like they're too close to the listening position and room corners. OT - I worked on a Trident 80 for a few years ages ago, nice console. This post has been edited by tonymiro: Jul 21 2014, 06:57 PM -------------------- Get your music professionally mastered by anl AES registered Mastering Engineer. Contact me for Audio Mastering Services and Advice and visit our website www.miromastering.com
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Jul 22 2014, 09:01 AM
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Hi Spock .. just out of curiosity, what do you use to connect the two external screens to your iMac?
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But if I were you, I would offer the Spalted maple PRS 
It's got the looks and maybe he would like it more than the Jackson?
 
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