Adjusting for Tweeter height with monitors
This may be a dumb question but how do you guys go about making sure your ears and tweeters are properly aligned? After all, stands only come in a few sizes. Do you use height-adjustable chairs?
I have to raise my Silverline monitors high enough to ensure the woofers clear obstructing furniture and in so doing, the tweeters end up about 4 inches higher than ear-level, when seated, which has a negative sonic effect. Rising up out of my chair a few inches, the sound is much better. My wife has volunteered to make me a tall seat cushion to compensate but this makes me wonder how others approach this.
Use stackable furniture risers for your couch... https://www.amazon.com/ANNKUT-Furniture-Adjustable-Lifting-Elevates/dp/B0F12YRQMY/ref?th=1 Some speaker stands come with adustable heights, etc https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0CS995MWM?ref_=ppx_hzsearch_conn_dt_b_fed_asin_title_4
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You want to keep them on stands, but not too high, so you can tilt them back, aim so the tweeters are directed up to normal seated ear height. Some stands are tilted, or you simply add a block under the front edge. Tilt beneficially alters the angle of initial reflections off the floor and ceiling, and you toe them in so the tweeters’ narrow wave lengths are aimed directly to you: that beneficially alters the initial side wall reflections. All adds up to better imaging. If you have two listeners, both off-center, then try alternate ’dbx crossfield’ toe-in, aim the left speaker at the right listener; aim the right speaker at the left listener. https://www.audiogon.com/systems/11516 here, I put a 2x4 flat above the front two wheels only, so the speakers tilt back, tweeters aimed up. One rear wheel, thus always wobble-free, and 3 is more weight per wheel than 4. Dual wheel furniture caster’s’ axels wobble less than single wheels. The skirt keeps them from tipping over. You can put anti-tip corner blocks, just a bit shorter than the wheels, so no contact normally, just if they start to tip. this is my toe-in for two listeners
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+1 @tomic601 . I had some studio monitors that I wanted to use in my living room. I sat on the couch and measured from my ear to the floor. Then I subtracted for the slight degree of offset I wanted and BAMM ! I ordered a pair of 3 leg Sound Anchors that are 26” high. Since I was that involved I had them set for the exact footprint dimensions of the box cabinets. My only regret was using the blue pads provided as they damaged the finish. Today I’d use an isolation footer and ditch the spikes for a seismic isolation footer. On the cheap many of the stands that ship flat can be cut down at home for the proper height. Happy Hunting , Mike B. |
