Over the weekend I decided to swap the places of my audio system and listening sofa just to check out how it will affect the sound. I was concerned with the lack of enough space between the speakers, but It was just impossible to further increase the distance between speakers without entering the door boundaries. The task was to keep the room functions intact so that the door is passable.
![My home audio system consisting of Fostex FE 108 Sigma full-range speakers, AMR DP-777 digital processor, Line Magnetic 211IA tube amplifier and SOTM sms-200 network player.](http://audio-at-home.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/4.jpg)
Repositioning of the system and listening seat turned out to be a great success and it confirms my notion that speaker position adjustments could bring dramatic improvement.
![The new position (audio system opposite to the door) allowed me to expand the distance between speakers with additional 25 centimetres.](http://audio-at-home.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/my-system-3.jpg)
In his book Get Better Sound Jim Smith explains how to get the maximum performance out of the Hi-Fi system and he stresses the fact that proper speaker setup has a crucial influence on the system’s overall performance. Here is a very useful link to his writings on that topic www.getbettersound.com/quarternotesv5i2.html
![The new position (audio system opposite to the door) allowed me to expand the distance between speakers with additional 25 centimetres.](http://audio-at-home.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/my-system-2.jpg)
In the Speaker placement post I mentioned that one have to comply to the room limitations factor and keep the room domestic functions intact. So at the end after switching system and listening positions the room feels even more spacey, the sound is bigger and I just feel happy.
![Now it just sounds right — bigger soundstage and expansive sound that fills in more efficiently the room space.](http://audio-at-home.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/my-system-1.jpg)