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Speaker stand height



I have a pair of PSB Stratus Minis on their factory 25" stands, but these seem too tall for my room/listening position. My listening chair is somewhat low and laid back and this i do not want to change. So I was thinking of buying lower stands so that the speakers are closer to my ear but am worried about messing up the overal tonal balance of my PSB's. Should i Be worried about the sound changing too much with lower stands, or will it simply give me more bass and a more direct sound?

btw iv'e experimented with putting these speakers on 10" concrete blocks, with a title to compensate for the height, and this seemed to make the sound much fuller. This was many years ago though and my memory could be fooling me.
dave123456

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lewhite
156 posts
 
Speakers' beam isnt the same as speaker hight. I too set relitively low and made some 18" stands with about twelve degrees of tilt back. The low height has the driver closer to the floor boundry thus richer tone. I avoid on beam listening by having the driver go over my head instead of toe in behind me as that would create more side wall reflection. This enables a stage height just above my head and creates a 'you are there' instead of a 'they are here'

"and may powdered sugar fall upon your ears tonight"
lewhite
156 posts
 
Yeah Dave your having fun now, arent ya? I dont have any opin on multi driver arrays or odd pole crossovers, gave that stuff up long ago. I set er sit with my but about eight inches off the floor and my nose about 42 to 45" from the driver cone. What this does is put any un attenuated side wall reflection outside the time smear window. (that statement makes me seem smarter than I am). The highs go over my head and hit the diffused back wall just like a far cushion bank shot. Some 'state

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of the art' speakers do nearly the same qith a rear facing
lewhite
156 posts
 
Sorry the new AgN just wadded my post . Just sayin rear facing tweeters add a slight delay to the highs instead of drilling you between the eyes. My single drivers dont have too much up high, and the tilt gets the stage up to where you would expect it to be. You know they do sell 16" concrete blocks, turn em so you see the holes.
lewhite
156 posts
 
A twenty five pound bag of lead shot weigh pretty close to a twenty five pound bag of copper coated steel BBs but the BBs are a lot more volumnous. Then add floor leveling powder from home center. Now thing will weigh 55lb. ugg
lewhite
156 posts
 
Kitty litter is a kind of open absorbant clay for obvious reasons. The floor leveling that I'm thinking of is pretty dense. Kinda reminds me of finely divided flint rock.
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