I nominate myself for stupid question of the year, but if anyone is in a charitable mood, please give me some pointers on this. Specifically, I just installed a second home theater system in my bedroom & I'm trying to get the sound (volume) balanced. The rear speakers are on my nightstands about 2-3 feet from me on my bed and the satellites are on my dresser, about 17 feet from my listening position on the bed. I set the distance at about that on my receiver speaker configurations and while the balance is OK its not great.
Do these distance settings on the receiver actually effect the volume from the speakers? If so, is the following applicable- the closer the distance set, the lower the speaker sound & the longer the distance set, the louder the speaker sound. Any pointers you'd recommend & or are there any general rules on this, such as add/delete actual feet when configuring on your receiver?