Place your Speakers for Perfect Sound with Sonus faber's Will Kline

Place your Speakers for Perfect Sound with Sonus faber's Will Kline | AudioU

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Sonus faber's American Brand Manager, Will Kline, visited our Timonium showroom to break down his 5 step process of how he places his speakers for the perfect sound in ANY space. Will has been setting up and placing state-of-the-art speakers for years and now he is sharing his secrets with all of you. Thank you for stopping by Will!
00:00 Meet Will Kline
00:37 5 Steps for Best Sound
1:26 Prep - Find Your Centerpoint
2:31 Step 1 - Adjust from First Boundary
7:03 Step 2 - Align the Second Speaker
8:11 Step 3 - Dial Speaker Distance From Each Other
10:20 Step 4 - Dial the Toe Angle
12:39 Step 5 - Dial the Rake Angle
14:20 Listen with your Heart
15:51 Outro
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@markd4292 Жыл бұрын

There's no "dislikes" on this video (at least at the time I am writing this) and there is a reason for it, because this is a wonderful and simple explanation on speaker placement. Well Done. Thank you Will!

@olcoot7107 2 жыл бұрын

Wow! That was the best and easiest-to-understand presentation on the subject of speaker placement I have heard. Absolutely great, Will. Thank you!

@sleepyf1 2 жыл бұрын

Wow what a difference it made. Thank you. My Sonus Fabers aren't that fussy about positioning, but better placement just elevated it.

@GramophoneMD 2 жыл бұрын

Really nice to hear that someone else put this into practice. Well done!

@rocketbrothers540 2 жыл бұрын

Will K is a beast.

@GramophoneMD 2 жыл бұрын

^ Factual truth statement.

@emanon321 2 жыл бұрын

@Ol'Coot Indeed sir, yes indeed. And thanks Will for your very helpful presentation. My speakers are the legendary Guarneri Homage made in 2004. Every time I look at and listen to them I marvel at the unlikely convergence of events that brought these stunning works of art to our home. RIP Franco Serblin.

@johnr2632 Жыл бұрын

Gold. Thank you for doing this video.

@tms372 Жыл бұрын

Super good video, beautiful speakers.

@kkrobertson1 Жыл бұрын

This guy knows his sounds:)

@hudo Жыл бұрын

Great presenter!

@stevenorcio307 7 ай бұрын

Wow, thank you. Wish I would have heard this 30 years ago. Great job Will K. and Gramophone.

@GramophoneMD 7 ай бұрын

Thanks Steven! We're glad you enjoyed it

@soundhead18 Ай бұрын

Great video!

@GramophoneMD Ай бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it, Soundhead - thanks for your support

@tharu101 4 ай бұрын

Thank you for the easy to follow video

@GramophoneMD 4 ай бұрын

You are welcome Tharu, thanks for your comment. We hope it makes your speaker positioning easier and that you are getting all you paid for

@pierremartin9048 9 ай бұрын

Excellent

@GramophoneMD 9 ай бұрын

Thank you so much 😀

@DeMorcan 2 жыл бұрын

Does the floor facing port of the Lumina IIIs allow it to set closer to the wall in small spaces as compared with rear ports?

@GramophoneMD Жыл бұрын

Generally the answer is yes.

@geraldgreene5563 10 ай бұрын

Great video….what about if you have a sub incorporated… use the same technique I would assume and then do the sub separately

@GramophoneMD 10 ай бұрын

Yes, we suggest getting the speakers to sound their best with Will's suggestions, then tackling the sub or subs. That is best done with two people, one to physically make the changes at the sub, the other in the main seated listening position to dial the bass in as unobtrusively as possible

@joegormley9244 9 ай бұрын

What is the piccolo test track please guys? Thx

@GramophoneMD 9 ай бұрын

We will reach out to Will and find out

@cornelcovali Жыл бұрын

This method will work in a 13x13x8 ft square room as well? Thanks

@GramophoneMD Жыл бұрын

Yes it will.

@jaygorner1050 2 жыл бұрын

What is the black paneling called and where to get it?

@GramophoneMD 2 жыл бұрын

That is a sound absorbing material. You can get it from us, but generally we need to do a room design to specify what exact type and amount you need.

@TheNaka9 Жыл бұрын

Great video! Can you please recommend some tracks for each step? It will help a lot :)

@GramophoneMD Жыл бұрын

A great track for the whole process and the one Will uses all the time is "The Ballad of The Runaway Horse" by Jennifer Warnes. Now, there are two versions of it. The best one by FAR is the one that features her on an album by Rob Wasserman titled "Duets." That's the Will Kline special right there.

@TheNaka9 Жыл бұрын

@@GramophoneMD Oh great! It is one of my favorite too. Thanks

@barcode1263 Жыл бұрын

can i use this methode for my planar speakers?

@GramophoneMD 10 ай бұрын

Yes, it can work with almost any speaker

@realitytunnel Ай бұрын

This is great, but what are the test tracks, please?

@GramophoneMD Ай бұрын

Thanks Reality for your comment

@user-hq5cn6kh8g 8 ай бұрын

So this may be a stupid question but did Will suggest in step 1 to only have one speaker playing while looking For the placement of the initial speaker? I know when “closing the gate”, you’re in stereo.

@GramophoneMD 8 ай бұрын

Thanks for asking. He's suggesting that we play music through both, but only concentrate on one speaker positioning (in this case, the left) - a "one at at time" approach.

@brentcollins9727 Жыл бұрын

I can rake my Sonetto 3’s? I’ve been sitting on the floor the last two weeks for maximum enjoyment. Lol. 😂 I’ll tilt them up.

@GramophoneMD Жыл бұрын

Lol

@realitytunnel Ай бұрын

What about listening position? Is this not as important as speaker position (sitting in peaks/nulls, etc.)?

@GramophoneMD Ай бұрын

Hello Reality, yes, listening position is key. Perhaps we could have done better at explaining the basic geometry of speakers vs. listening position. This explanation to some extent assumes your listening position is already chosen. You can place your speakers, and then move your seating to see if your sound improves

@lukewhitecloud8240 2 жыл бұрын

Will, I have the Amati Tradition. I want you to come to my house and help me sort out positioning!

@GramophoneMD 10 ай бұрын

Hah! If you follow his steps exactly, it's almost like he was there :-)

@russellparker4568 10 ай бұрын

This didnt really work for me. My room is a rectangle, when i start with the first speaker on its own getting the bass right it sounds great, as soon as i bring the other speaker to the same distance out the bass vanishes. I can get the bass to sound good but then the speakers have to be right in the corners of the room which then introduces heavy side wall reflections and complete lack of focus due to them being so far apart, even with a large amount of toe in.

@GramophoneMD 10 ай бұрын

Thank you for your comments, and we're sorry that you are having trouble getting them to sound great. The room always has a significant effect on the sound. Square rooms are the worst, and rectangular rooms are also often problematic. If you are bringing speaker # 2 out and the bass disappears, it seems like a classic case of the two speakers woofer output canceling each other at your seated listening position. A few suggestions to try: a) can you change your seated listening position, even by a few feet? You may simply be in a null. b) adding a subwoofer, located where it can sound it's best, may solve your issue, allowing you to hear good imaging from the speakers and letting the sub take care of the bottom end. The crawl test often works great in such instances. Let us know if you need help with that. c) where are you living? Is there a quality A/V dealer nearby who can come lend a helping hand?

@russellparker4568 10 ай бұрын

@@GramophoneMD Thank you for the reply! I played around more after I wrote this message. I ended up in an unusual position with the speakers, almost 3ft away from the front wall. With just one speaker in this location the bass is non existent, but with both theres bass that i can feel in my sofa (nothing huge but still great) even the midrange tone is richer, the imaging is better as is the vanishing act of the speaker. What you said is very true, I was sat in a null from the cancellation. I think Ive been really lucky with the current placement as Ive been shuffling the speakers around for a few weeks now and not really had that “locked in” sound. I did use the 87% triangle and 86cm to side wall method in this placement which could have been partly responsible, mostly lucky though 😆. I really appreciate the advice, I do have a subwoofer but Ive been relying on it too much due too bad speaker placement, trouble is now the speakers have better bass the subwoofer is proving to be a pain to integrate, aghhh 😩😆

@GramophoneMD 9 ай бұрын

@russellparker4568 Thank you Russell, we're glad you are happier now with the sound. All of this proves Will's basic point in the video. Working with speaker placement can have a slight, or sometimes really significant, effect on the sound.

@russellparker4568 7 ай бұрын

@@GramophoneMDJust a quick update, Ive got a different pair of speakers in now, sealed enclosures, bigger drivers, much much better results thanks to Will’s technique, thank you!

@GramophoneMD 4 ай бұрын

Most excellent, glad to hear it@@russellparker4568