15-01-2022, 07:20 PM
Stand-mount speakers should be elevated so that the "reference axis" is level with your ears when you are in the listening position.
The "reference axis" is usually the tweeter, but occasionally it might be the woofer (or midrange, in a 3 way system). The user manual will tell you.
If you move a measurement microphone up and down in front of a loudspeaker, you'll see really quite large differences in response, especially through the crossover region where the two drive units overlap. It does depend on how well the designer has done their job - and that's the hardest part of designing the crossover - but even with the best design, variations must exist. Simple physics.
The sorts of differences I'm talking about are several decibels. Remembering that people manage to convince themselves they can hear differences in cables that might only measure 0.01dB if you're lucky, it's surprising people are so unaware of this.
Of course, with completely different drive units and a modified crossover, who knows what this particular speaker is doing, but even so, I'd still start by assuming the tweeters should be level with your ears.
A stand-mount speaker placed on the floor will "honk" terribly at the bass end. Some might like that, and it's all personal choice at the end of the day, but rest assured the original designer would not have done that.
Having said all that, that room looks like a total nightmare acoustically - all that glass and a wooden floor will make for a very lively space. Of course it looks lovely, but a thick rug and some heavy curtains will do far more for the sound in that room than anything else. But I appreciate that can be easier said than done if trying to maintain domestic harmony!
The "reference axis" is usually the tweeter, but occasionally it might be the woofer (or midrange, in a 3 way system). The user manual will tell you.
If you move a measurement microphone up and down in front of a loudspeaker, you'll see really quite large differences in response, especially through the crossover region where the two drive units overlap. It does depend on how well the designer has done their job - and that's the hardest part of designing the crossover - but even with the best design, variations must exist. Simple physics.
The sorts of differences I'm talking about are several decibels. Remembering that people manage to convince themselves they can hear differences in cables that might only measure 0.01dB if you're lucky, it's surprising people are so unaware of this.
Of course, with completely different drive units and a modified crossover, who knows what this particular speaker is doing, but even so, I'd still start by assuming the tweeters should be level with your ears.
A stand-mount speaker placed on the floor will "honk" terribly at the bass end. Some might like that, and it's all personal choice at the end of the day, but rest assured the original designer would not have done that.
Having said all that, that room looks like a total nightmare acoustically - all that glass and a wooden floor will make for a very lively space. Of course it looks lovely, but a thick rug and some heavy curtains will do far more for the sound in that room than anything else. But I appreciate that can be easier said than done if trying to maintain domestic harmony!
