For 1723 S Monitors, does sealed/ported mode affect minimum clearance?
I’m trying to redesign my living room home theater to include Arendal upgrades to my Polk satellite system. My front wall is 11.5 feet wide so some tough choices have to be made when it comes to sub & speaker placement. If I go by the book and give the monitors 30cm of clearance all around I either have little room for subwoofers if the speakers are on the outside edges or very little stereo separation if the subs are on the outside with the speakers next inward. One thing I’d like to know is whether or not the 30cm clearance recommendation (specifically from the side walls) is made assuming the monitors would be in ported mode. If they’re sealed, is this no longer a requirement? If reflections are a concern, would toe in or room treatment solve for this? I’d like to have a wider soundstage but not if it’s going to muddy up the sound.
