I saw that in many studios the placing of monitors is horizontal. Does it any differ from vertical position?

Many manufactures detail in the manual the ideal horizontal / vertical positioning. But you'll probably get some varied responses on the topic. From my experience, it doesn't matter. Just follow the positioning recommendations in the manual.

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personally i've had my event tr-6 monitors placed both in the vertical position and horizontal in difference arrangements. I haven't noticed a huge difference, although with my situation now, i feel the vertical monitors are positioned more correctly to my ears and i might be hearing slightly more this way since there typically is a narrow sweetspot on most monitors. as suggested though, always follow the diagram and that will give you the best results.

I think this depends on your monitors.

If you have two or three way monitors, meaning, it has a woofer and a separate tweeter etc... some folks suggest that you stand them vertically so that your head / body movements left and right don't alter the distances between your ears and the respective woofers / tweeters. if that makes any sense. it can eliminate subtle phase issues.

if you have monitors that are dual concentric.. meaning the woofer and the tweeter are located in the same position, this is no longer an issue.

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You've probably seen the Yamaha NS10 monitors. They were designed to be positioned horizontally.


Most monitors should be placed vertically unless the manual states otherwise. There's a big risk of comb filtering if you place a monitor designed for vertical placement horizontally. Monitors designed for horizontal placement usually solve the comb filtering problem by offsetting the tweeter.