Risers for short floorstanding speakers?


Hello,

I purchased a pair of Spendor 5se here on Agon about a month ago.  The speakers sound fantastic in my room, but they are short (30" high).  There are a few different chairs/loveseats/sofa that I have used in my music room, but being 6'2", and the height of each seat, leaves my ears anywhere from 6"-1ft above the tweeter of the speakers.  

Everything I've read on this forum about tweeter height levels, say at ear level or above is best.  I can achieve this by sitting on the floor, and the speakers do sound better when I'm on the floor, but I don't want to do this all the time, naturally. 

Has anyone used any type of riser/stand/block/slab/etc.. to raise a floorstanding speaker?

I have a pair of Auralex monitor pads in storage that I'm going to try, but I think they're only a few inches high, and not sure how they'll do on carpeted floors.  I might have to put a tile under them too.

Any suggestions from those whom have had this issue would be quite helpful.

Thanks
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Showing 1 response by mesch

Build your own stands that will allow the speakers to be tilted as stated by yogiboy. Speaker would set onto stands with stands spiked to floor. With the slant stands need not be too tall.