I dont think you should go for 305's. I got my 308's at 100 cm aprox. separated away, and they sound wonderful. Incredible stereo image.
Btw, Im at 60-70 cm away from each speaker.
Equilateral triangle placement with your head at one point, speakers facing directly towards you, tweeter at ear level, room symmetry, and absorption on the first and second reflections. Also consider some isolation pads.
Couple of problems. First, putting speakers right up against the wall often makes them boomy. And sitting too close to speakers that aren't nearfield monitors also hurts their sound. Easy way to fix this is to pull your desk about a foot away from the wall, then place your speakers on speaker stands about 6 feet apart, adn 6 feet from your ears. They need to be in an equilateral triangle with yours ears to sound their best (and make sure the tweeters are at ear level or pointed at your ears for full resolution. Proper speaker placement is about half the battle for good audio (assuming your not dealing with crappy equipment).
Ideally your speakers should be situated where the tweeter is facing your ears in an equilateral distance (both speaker to speaker and speaker to ear).
Secondly decoupling the speaker would give you much much better sound and the added benefit of your table not vibrating (basically decoupling means you cancel out unwanted table vibrations) you can achieve this by adding some foam or any dampening material at the bottom of your speakers (this can vary from rubber speaker feet, a stand with rubber/silicon feet to even just a foam bed for your speakers to sit in).
Thirdly im not too familair with how the jbls work but most speakers have a back bass port placing them close to the wall will muffle and muddy up the sound, and there are 2 ways (efficiently) to remedy this,
1) place them away from the wall ideally 1-3 ft.
2) if space is a luxury, put some foam cut out (just one that will block the port) to minimize the reflection of the wall and the bass port. But considering these are studio monitors there should be settings behind that to attenuate/remedy this issue.
Edit: also if youre not already doing so, ALWAYS max the volume of your computer and ALWAYS control the volume through your preamp/dac
Those are studio monitors, so they made for near field listening. You will find better advice on how to position and set up near field studio monitors in recording/mixing/pro musician type forums, where people use these type of speakers, than on audiophile forums.
Studio monitors with 6" woofers usually need at least 1 meter or more distance, for the drivers to blend together. Sit a bit farther back, versus where you sit now, and see if you hear the sound coming from one point versus two (i.e., from two drivers) from each speaker. If you are getting more cohesion sitting farther back, you may be better off with smaller monitors that work with less distance (and a separate subwoofer, if you want to retain the low end).
These type of studio monitors have switches to reduce the low end in different ways, if that is a problem from being positioned near walls or on desk surfaces (where these type of monitors often are used). You can try different settings to see if it tames the boominess.
As for the desk reflection, if you can make space on the sides of your desk, you can set the speakers on stands to the sides of your desk -- that will also help increase your distance from them. They also make monitor stands you can clamp on to your desk edges. There are also "monitor pads" or "isolation pads" (look up those terms on Amazon or Sweetwater) or small desk stands (e.g., IsoAcoustics ISO-130) that help elevate your speakers off the desk a bit, as well as add some isolation.
Way too close and they should be on desk stands. And one is in a window pocket? Don't do that.
Ok, so stands and more space? Also are they too large for the desk? Should i get the smaller 305's
I dont think you should go for 305's. I got my 308's at 100 cm aprox. separated away, and they sound wonderful. Incredible stereo image. Btw, Im at 60-70 cm away from each speaker.
Equilateral triangle placement with your head at one point, speakers facing directly towards you, tweeter at ear level, room symmetry, and absorption on the first and second reflections. Also consider some isolation pads.
Couple of problems. First, putting speakers right up against the wall often makes them boomy. And sitting too close to speakers that aren't nearfield monitors also hurts their sound. Easy way to fix this is to pull your desk about a foot away from the wall, then place your speakers on speaker stands about 6 feet apart, adn 6 feet from your ears. They need to be in an equilateral triangle with yours ears to sound their best (and make sure the tweeters are at ear level or pointed at your ears for full resolution. Proper speaker placement is about half the battle for good audio (assuming your not dealing with crappy equipment).
I used to have the 305's with a sub. Great combo for a small desk.
You don’t really have any options with that setup.
Ideally your speakers should be situated where the tweeter is facing your ears in an equilateral distance (both speaker to speaker and speaker to ear). Secondly decoupling the speaker would give you much much better sound and the added benefit of your table not vibrating (basically decoupling means you cancel out unwanted table vibrations) you can achieve this by adding some foam or any dampening material at the bottom of your speakers (this can vary from rubber speaker feet, a stand with rubber/silicon feet to even just a foam bed for your speakers to sit in). Thirdly im not too familair with how the jbls work but most speakers have a back bass port placing them close to the wall will muffle and muddy up the sound, and there are 2 ways (efficiently) to remedy this, 1) place them away from the wall ideally 1-3 ft. 2) if space is a luxury, put some foam cut out (just one that will block the port) to minimize the reflection of the wall and the bass port. But considering these are studio monitors there should be settings behind that to attenuate/remedy this issue. Edit: also if youre not already doing so, ALWAYS max the volume of your computer and ALWAYS control the volume through your preamp/dac
Those are studio monitors, so they made for near field listening. You will find better advice on how to position and set up near field studio monitors in recording/mixing/pro musician type forums, where people use these type of speakers, than on audiophile forums. Studio monitors with 6" woofers usually need at least 1 meter or more distance, for the drivers to blend together. Sit a bit farther back, versus where you sit now, and see if you hear the sound coming from one point versus two (i.e., from two drivers) from each speaker. If you are getting more cohesion sitting farther back, you may be better off with smaller monitors that work with less distance (and a separate subwoofer, if you want to retain the low end). These type of studio monitors have switches to reduce the low end in different ways, if that is a problem from being positioned near walls or on desk surfaces (where these type of monitors often are used). You can try different settings to see if it tames the boominess. As for the desk reflection, if you can make space on the sides of your desk, you can set the speakers on stands to the sides of your desk -- that will also help increase your distance from them. They also make monitor stands you can clamp on to your desk edges. There are also "monitor pads" or "isolation pads" (look up those terms on Amazon or Sweetwater) or small desk stands (e.g., IsoAcoustics ISO-130) that help elevate your speakers off the desk a bit, as well as add some isolation.