Siting SBLs in room

I presume this meant REW!

It is not a rabbit hole as suggested by Michael17, rather it is the easiest and by far the fastest way to set up speakers and listening position optimally - especially when there seem to be problems. It is simply a tool for literally seeing what is happening in the room, and to test any position its short frequency sweeps give you the image in just a couple of minutes. In my room, with a bass-deficient area exactly where I originally planned the listening position, and no practical movement of speakers fixing, I used REW and I ended up completely rethinking the room layout, which yielded very good results, Not perfect, as some room treatment is definitely needed, but a planned house move in near future precluded committing to improving this particular room.

Of course you are limited by the SBLs having to be against a wall to utilise its bass enhancement, which will limit options for speaker positioning, but. REW can still help explore around those limited options, and explore best listening position.

You may find this recentthread useful
https://community.naimaudio.com/t/speaker-placement-guide/

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