L-C-R speakers 2 to 3 feet in front of the screen okay?

[mike c]

is it ok for the Left, center and right speakers to be 2 to 3 feet closer to you than the screen?

 

[DD66000]

Should be no problem, just make sure the menu in the receiver has the proper distance set. I have my LCRs set one foot in front of the screen, although as my center is lower than the mains, I've set that distance one foot longer than actual. Seems to put the sound closer to the center of the screen.

 

[Stripes]

Mike, most of the higher end A/V stores I went to for demoing my speakers used the same config in their demo rooms. And it sounded fine, Im sure that if you were only 4 or 5 feet from the main speakers it might be a problem. But if you are back at least 10ft I doubt you would be able to tell the difference.

 

[jostenmeat]

+1 to Stripes.

is it ok for the Left, center and right speakers to be 2 to 3 feet closer to you than the screen?

Assuming any sort of decent distance from display, I think any minimal compromise is worth it in light of pulling any speakers away from corners/boundaries (if that happens to be the case).

My front stage is all 2-3 from display. Pulling the speakers away from corners was immediately and audibly beneficial.

 

[DD66000]

For anyone may have not seen it, Cardas Audio, http://www.cardas.com/content.php?area=insights&content_id=26&pagestring=Room+Setup shows a formula for setting up stereo or main speakers in a rectangular room.
It uses .276 and .447 as multipliers to the room's width. The resulting dimension from the .276 is the distance from the side walls to center of speakers.
The .447 gives the distance from the wall behind the speakers to the baffle, but that dimension most people would never use.

In my room (17.5 ft wide) .276 gives me 58" to the side walls, which is about what I already had, within an inch. The dimension, using the .447 would be 93" out from the wall, which I could use if the room was for stereo use only, but not for the HT layout.
Of coarse the narrower the room, the smaller the distances. But those resulting numbers, at least for the side dimension, is a good starting point, even if you have to cheat to be able to setup the screen
The closer you can get to the numbers, for your room, the better the soundstage.

 

[mtrycrafts]

is it ok for the Left, center and right speakers to be 2 to 3 feet closer to you than the screen?

I am just wondering if it will sound like the sound is closer than the action?
Try it and see.

 

[Stripes]

I am just wondering if it will sound like the sound is closer than the action?
Try it and see.

I think if its a good quality speaker and can throw out a dynamic and a deep soundstage it would work out fine, my era's sound like they are coming from the middle of the room about 10 to 12 feet back, but I dont know how that will change when I add the center to the mix

 

[mike c]

it looks like i wont need to do this. im going to DIY smaller subs so that the mains wont have to move forward