quick noob question...studio monitors in a corner

[songa]

hey guys, i dont know too much about acoustics and speaker placement, so please bear with me if i sound really ignorant.

i'm working in my bedroom, which is pretty small, and i have no acoustic treatment at all. i have KRK RP-5's on either side of my setup on speaker stands right infront of a wall. however, the right speaker is actually in a corner; it has the wall to its back and a wall to its right side, whereas the left speaker is not in a corner; it just has the wall to its backside.

now, i am noticing that the right speaker is giving a much fuller bass response than the left side. i have double checked the outputs of my mixer, the cables that im using, the adjustment settings on the back panel of the RP-5's, my sound source, etc. and everything is in fine working order. i really am beginning to think this is because i have the speaker in a corner, which is somehow exxagerating the low end for the right speaker.


now, since my room is small, its going to be very difficult for me to rearrange my setup so both speakers are in ideal locations. i dont think i will be able to move my right speaker out of its corner. my question is, is there any other option i have in order to balance out the bass response from both speakers? i really dont want my right side to have more bass than my left, as this will not work well when mixing.

thank you very much for your help/input!

[Disjointed]

you really want to get your speaker out of the corner...

besides the perceived bass boost, i bet youll also have a lot of trouble with your translation to a stereo mix...

draw up some plans of your room, and i bet you can get some input on better placement, room layout...

gl

[jwl]

Hi there,

In general, I recommend making your setup as symmetrical in the room as possible, especially from the listening position forward. Moving a speaker to the corner will indeed make it sound bassier, and you want to maintain symmetry.

There are plenty of places to study up on this stuff, though I did write a short article to begin to explain small room acoustics: Three First Steps Toward A Good-Sounding Room. Check it out to get you started.

[bpape]

jwl is right on the money. Symmetry is key. There are a lot of other anomolies that just aren't as noticible as the difference in bass response that happen when you're out of symmetric.

Bryan