Left vs Right speaker

mike429 · 2nd November 2007, 07:30 PM

I have a pair of Celestion Ditton 332 speakers; quite old but they still sound good (to me, anyway). I have lost track of which is the left speaker, and which is the right speaker.

What I mean is that the two speakers are not identical, but rather they are mirror images in terms of the placement of the three individual speaker transducers. So if I have the two speaker cabinets arranged one way, the individual elements are closer to the midpoint between the two speakers, and the tweeters are closer to each other than the woofers. If I swap the two cabinets, then the speaker elements would be more to the outside overall, and the tweeters are farther apart than the woofers.

I dimly recall that one particular arrangement was supposed to produce better "imaging", but I can't remember which.

Any advice?

Thanks,
Mike

richie00boy · 2nd November 2007, 07:35 PM

Try both ways and see.

BHTX · 2nd November 2007, 07:40 PM

Probably with the tweeters and mids on the inside, closest to each other.
That's my guess.

bjorno · 2nd November 2007, 07:41 PM

Quote:

...to produce better "imaging...

Look at post #753:

http://www.diyaudio.com/forums/showt...27#post1209527

2nd November 2007, 07:30 PM	#1
mike429 diyAudio Member Join Date: Nov 2007	Left vs Right speaker I have a pair of Celestion Ditton 332 speakers; quite old but they still sound good (to me, anyway). I have lost track of which is the left speaker, and which is the right speaker. What I mean is that the two speakers are not identical, but rather they are mirror images in terms of the placement of the three individual speaker transducers. So if I have the two speaker cabinets arranged one way, the individual elements are closer to the midpoint between the two speakers, and the tweeters are closer to each other than the woofers. If I swap the two cabinets, then the speaker elements would be more to the outside overall, and the tweeters are farther apart than the woofers. I dimly recall that one particular arrangement was supposed to produce better "imaging", but I can't remember which. Any advice? Thanks, Mike

2nd November 2007, 07:35 PM	#2
richie00boy Did it Himself diyAudio Member Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Gloucestershire, England, UK	Try both ways and see. __________________ www.readresearch.co.uk my website for UK diy audio people - designs, PCBs, kits and more

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2nd November 2007, 07:40 PM	#3
BHTX diyAudio Member Join Date: Feb 2006	Probably with the tweeters and mids on the inside, closest to each other. That's my guess.