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.
Speakers can be designed to be listened to at different heights. Most have it so your ears align with the tweeters, but I have a pair of Marten Parker Duos with their designated stands, and with those, my ears are on the level with the middle part of the midrange driver, which is below the tweeter, and it sounds just right. When I stand up to level my ears to the tweeter, it sounds totally wrong. Weird, but it works. |
@larsman must suck! A pair of Martens "totally wrong" |
