OGY positioning & room interaction
Posted: Mon May 18, 2026 9:26 pm
Positioning OGY in a room is a big topic.
I’ve personally set them up in so many different ways over time that it’s hard to even count.
Today I’d like to focus on one particular setup I tried relatively recently, which gave a very interesting result. And this time, I don’t want to talk about bass — which is what most questions are about — but about space.
Typically, I place OGY in an equilateral triangle and angle them slightly inward, so that the axes from the center of each driver cross just behind my head.
This time, however, I set them straight (no toe-in), perpendicular to the listening position — but here’s the key: I moved them much closer together.
In a 4 × 4 m room, the distance between the speakers is 115 cm, and the listening position is 180 cm from the speaker line.
This creates a very beautiful sense of fill and an almost surprising spatial presentation. The speakers simply disappear in the room.
As a side note, I was also listening to them with an amplifier from my student days — a Technics SU-V570 — still with me after all these years. The source was a Philips CD960.
OGY benefits from a source with some “meat” to the sound, and this Philips definitely has it. Vinyl will take it even further, but that’s a different topic.
In any case, this setup is very interesting and can be extremely appealing.
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In the second photo — another recent discovery — notice that the OGY are playing with BOBs, but are placed 120 cm in front of them.
At first glance, this might seem almost heretical — what about phase?
But in practice, this slight bass delay (around 2 ms) creates a remarkable effect. The layering and depth change in a very natural way. The whole presentation becomes calmer, more ordered, more coherent.
If you have the space to try this, I strongly recommend it. The effect can be quite striking — and you may find it hard to go back to a more conventional setup.
All the best
Jacek
I’ve personally set them up in so many different ways over time that it’s hard to even count.
Today I’d like to focus on one particular setup I tried relatively recently, which gave a very interesting result. And this time, I don’t want to talk about bass — which is what most questions are about — but about space.
Typically, I place OGY in an equilateral triangle and angle them slightly inward, so that the axes from the center of each driver cross just behind my head.
This time, however, I set them straight (no toe-in), perpendicular to the listening position — but here’s the key: I moved them much closer together.
In a 4 × 4 m room, the distance between the speakers is 115 cm, and the listening position is 180 cm from the speaker line.
- OGY
As a side note, I was also listening to them with an amplifier from my student days — a Technics SU-V570 — still with me after all these years. The source was a Philips CD960.
OGY benefits from a source with some “meat” to the sound, and this Philips definitely has it. Vinyl will take it even further, but that’s a different topic.
In any case, this setup is very interesting and can be extremely appealing.
⸻
In the second photo — another recent discovery — notice that the OGY are playing with BOBs, but are placed 120 cm in front of them.
- OGY and 2 pairs of BOBs
But in practice, this slight bass delay (around 2 ms) creates a remarkable effect. The layering and depth change in a very natural way. The whole presentation becomes calmer, more ordered, more coherent.
If you have the space to try this, I strongly recommend it. The effect can be quite striking — and you may find it hard to go back to a more conventional setup.
All the best
Jacek