Experiment, Extreme toe-in
Here is an interesting article about extreme toe-in. Of course I had to try it. Does anyone else use extreme toe-in? As I listen longer I will share my opinions.
Extreme Toe-In | The High Fidelity Report
Dial In Your Speakers … Dial Out Your Room
What I’m about to suggest I have tried on a couple of occasions and have had mixed results overall, but have had fantastic results with 2-way dynamic monitors. Your mileage may vary, but it is worth an experiment as it may obviate the need for a lot of acoustic products on your walls (the absorptive-kind, which I mostly abhor).
The Problem:
As with most dynamic speakers and some other types, as well, the dispersion pattern (or polar pattern) of the loudspeaker tends to throw quite a bit of audible information at the walls that are nearest to them. This has mostly to do with the fact that, as the wavelengths of the frequencies that the speaker is reproducing get longer, they tend to wrap-around the body of the speaker and widen their dispersion. That all-important “first reflection” point can cause interference with the main (incident) wave of the audio signal as they mix together and confuse your ear/brain. The typical medication for this problem is a sound-absorbing panel placed along the side wall where that first-reflection is located.
The article continues in the link.