Mapleshade bedrock stands for large monitors

Peter Snell's patent from the mid 70's had a rendition that predicted the floor speaker inneraction and the geometry to overcome this problem. Mr Snell's patent is a thing of beauty and describes in detail a speaker and many of its boundary reactions. Some models worked out to be more effective than others.

Mr Snell actually brought a pair of his new speakers to my home for a sales meeting to demo how this new concept worked in a real life situation. The cabinet was tilted back at a perceived angle of 30 degrees and having both the woofer and the tweeter almost at floor level with an angled ramp that attached to and extended outward and down ward at an angle that met the floor surface. The group on hand broadly decided the image was on or near the floor. Very much the same as I heard at Stanwal's house using the Mapleshades under Stan's then speaker of choice ... only 35 years later. Tom

Interesting responses, I guess it's all about choice. That is what is fun and crazy about this hobby. I will continue to experiment until I find the best sound I can live with. I do appreciate and welcome any further discussion.

Here is an interesting thought, on the experimental side.

Place your speakers upside down with the LF/Port on top.

Should equal less LF boundry interaction and.....???

I beleive this configuration is illustrated in Pierre's catalog, though it appears as though the speakers are small...not the 20" or so with most monitors.

Give it a shot and let us know.

I found my most recent Mapleshade catalog and saw the Bedrock stands again and my curiosity was piqued. I didn't order them but was wondering yet again. With the speaker monitors on the floor pointing up at a listener isn't this similar to the concept of installing mids and tweeters in the kick panels of a car? I found this blurb on CarAudioHelp "By moving the speakers away from the doors or dash and into the kickpanels we are increasing the distance to the speakers AND equalizing the distance from the listener to each speaker."

Without buying and then re-selling the Mapleshade stands is there a way I can replicate the concept to see if I hear a difference good or bad with some B&W DM303 monitor speakers I have?

Thanks

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