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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.
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Why don't you ask PSB how they are ment to be leveled, if you feel uncertain?
PMC for example, says tweeter should be over ear level and mid in ear level. Barefoot says tweeter should be in level with ear. My former MA PL 300 sounded pretty different if i changed level at them. Point speakers towards ceiling, well, you get reflections from ceiling to. Damping a ceiling often tend to make a calmer more mild frequency response.
I would go for the copper sand. Entreq build many devices for vibration control and they often use "copper sand".
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