AllenB,
My opinion.
People love point sources, and it makes sense. We talk, our voice (highs and lows) come from the same place (our rat hole, futureman anyone ?). The closer you sit to a speaker, the more you can notice the highs are up and the lows are down. Some care, some do not.
To me, you need to be back further from a 3-way than a 2-way for the sound ball to seem like 1 source instead of highs are higher in space than the mids/lows. There are always exceptions.
I like sound in front of me, but crosstalk is a serious problem, as are wall reflections.
Having 1 speaker on the side of a tv, on the left, the sound seemed in the middle of the tv. Speaker on the right, the sound seemed from 3' to the right of the tv.
Unfortunately I am not a heaphone guy, but I appreciate the lack of room reflections, lack of crosstalk, usually lack of phase problems, and enjoy the hyper detail. You can get a lot of sound quality for less money.
For a hoot, you can look into ambiophonics (barrier), but it is a pain of a setup, not really a long term solution for plopping down and enjoying music.
My opinion.
People love point sources, and it makes sense. We talk, our voice (highs and lows) come from the same place (our rat hole, futureman anyone ?). The closer you sit to a speaker, the more you can notice the highs are up and the lows are down. Some care, some do not.
To me, you need to be back further from a 3-way than a 2-way for the sound ball to seem like 1 source instead of highs are higher in space than the mids/lows. There are always exceptions.
I like sound in front of me, but crosstalk is a serious problem, as are wall reflections.
Having 1 speaker on the side of a tv, on the left, the sound seemed in the middle of the tv. Speaker on the right, the sound seemed from 3' to the right of the tv.
Unfortunately I am not a heaphone guy, but I appreciate the lack of room reflections, lack of crosstalk, usually lack of phase problems, and enjoy the hyper detail. You can get a lot of sound quality for less money.
For a hoot, you can look into ambiophonics (barrier), but it is a pain of a setup, not really a long term solution for plopping down and enjoying music.
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Good point about crosstalk from the close spacing. Try a vertical board and see if there is some improvement.
IME, toe in, out, vertical angle adequately solves the problem with two ways, but big multi-ways for computer speakers? All you can do is pick your compromises.
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I got a pair of JVC SP-UX2000RGD - they're really small "full range" and thus a bit weak on bass (these were apparently part of a system that included a big subwoofer), but if you're putting them three feet from you, the bass thing might not be a problem. I certainly like how they sound in the rest of the spectrum, and I see them inexpensive enough (well below your budget) on ebay, though still a lot more than what I paid at Goodwill.
Also mine. This speaker cross would have to be in my top 5. Listening distance was about 10 feet, around where the photo was taken. For coherence and balance, this crossover almost didn't exist, though it took quite a lot of work. Vertical separation was detectable but not strong and it almost didn't matter, all else considered.
