Could I damage my woofers by trying this?

Thanks everybody. I am cancelling my experiment. I've had these speakers for 28 years and dont want to damage them now! Cant afford anything better that will play as loud and clean. Tried the PSB Stratus Golds and sold them, kept the OHMs. The Legacy Focus 20/20 is much talked about but Im dreaming again. Maybe buy them used 5-10 years from now. Mike

The woofer cone will sag a bit and assuming it doesn't have a very long linear excursion (most old woofers do not) the result could be audible distortion setting in at a lower volume level. As long as it has 2-3" clearance above the floor it can breathe just fine.

No harm in trying what you describe, but now drivers that you were supposed to listen to on-axis will be off-axis and vice versa. If the design was highly optimized for the normal orientation, sound qualiy will be degraded.

No but you will damage sound quality, want to mess about? DIY your own sell the OHM.

I'm pretty sure the engineers at OHM built these speakers like they did for a reason.If you want the correct answer to your question,call OHM.You could very possibly get some bad info from someone on a forum like this,and trash your speakers.Just a thought.