Re: RAAL Tweeters - Why so low from the ground?
Originally Posted by
Bghead8che
I am 5 feet 7 inches and I sit 10 feet back. My ears are 39.5 inches from the floor. The "acoustic center" of the towers as Dave described in an earlier post is 36.5 inches from the floor. So I am sitting three inches below the acoustic center.
I have some speaker stands I could use for the towers that would add 4.75 inches to the speakers' height. That would put the acoustic center at 41.25 or 1.75 inches above my ears.
What would you guys (and Dave) recommend? Should I sit three inches below the acoustic center or add the stands and sit above the center by 1.75 inches? I'm not exactly sure what would be better. Would I get the exact same effect by slightly tilting the speakers up?
Dave mentioned that angle is most important. What would be the ideal listening window if I am 10 feet back and the acoustic center is 36.5 inches from the floor?
Thanks in advance for your feedback and advice!
Why not test both out? In both configurations you should be inside of the vertical listening window that Dave mentioned, so you couldn't go too wrong with either - I think it would come down to preference. My personal preference would be use the stands to have the speakers be slightly above rather than sightly below ear level, this can give you the effect of the musicians standing on a live stage in front of you when listening to music.
I do agree with above that other factors like distance from front wall, toe in, and the speaker distance from each other will make a bigger difference. In my system, I have the speakers several feet away from the front wall (to get more depth in imaging). I use slight toe in so that the left tower points one chair-width to the left of my center chair, and the right tower points one chair-width to the right of my center chair - with this amount of toe-in I got just the right amount of focus on the voice while still getting a live sound. And I've spaced the towers quite wide, wider than an equilateral triangle, to get a large, room-filling soundstage. These arrangements might not be optimal in your room, or match your preferences perfectly, but if you're looking for something to start with you could try it and adjust as needed.
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