I experimented by bringing my couch up five inches to bring my ears to tweeter height. The result was like I was looking down on the stage from the cheap seats. Horrible, I quickly went back to my current seating height. To achieve the thirty inches that Atkinson recommends I would have to sit on a thin pad on the floor and that ain't me.
But it does make clear that the maxim that tweeters should be at ear-level is far from universal. It is well worth the effort to try different seat heights - yet another room adjustment that makes all of the difference and that so many of us ignore.
But it does make clear that the maxim that tweeters should be at ear-level is far from universal. It is well worth the effort to try different seat heights - yet another room adjustment that makes all of the difference and that so many of us ignore.