Townshend Springs under Speakers

@thecarpathian 

“ Anyone ever try suspending their speakers from the ceiling “

Yup... I had at one time an array of four , then six ,  Quad ESL57 statics 
suspended on steel cables from the ceiling beams of our converted warehouse apartment in Tobacco Dock London :0}

How did that work out?
Ah, I now see edgyhassle is currently using a similar system...

sure; the year was 1976, the speakers were Bose 901’s.

https://www.tonepublications.com/review/we-review-the-bose-901/

my daughter was 9 months old and crawling all over, so i hung them from the ceiling. hanging 901’s was not unheard of. 901’s had their attributes, and their shortcomings too. but for my lifestyle at that time it was perfect.

in the context of today’s better speakers, the 901’s sucked big time. but for me i was having the time of my life. wish i was "right there" again.

Alarmingly well...  if a touch bass lite 

from someone of like mind... Me..

12-18-2016 Springs add another boundary layer and introduce more interfering energy.  The motion artifacts of the springs and resulting inertia when driven by the voice coil of a speaker need to be overcome by the voice coil. If you suspend all speakers from either above or below you have the same retention of interfering energy. And so is your sound.  Tom