How do you feel about a wheeled dolly permanently under large floorstanding speakers?


I'm building a new room that will be home to the system I'm putting together. I looking at several floor standing speakers that aren't huge by audiophile standards, but too heavy to just grab and move easily, 60-80 lbs each. The room will be multi-use, so one option I'm considering is to move the speakers when required. They would stay in the best position for my solo listening chair, but when we have a group over and are using the game table or pool table, move them toward the wall and turn them for good sound to the overall room. It would also help me a great deal with the WAF for the room. I've been considering the wisdom of putting them on a solid MDF platform, the size of the speaker footprint, with 3 or 4 castors mounted beneath. Probably make a wood skirt to hide the wheels. Then I could roll them off the rug onto the vinyl floor and over to the wall or wherever makes the most sense. I will keep the movement relatively small so I can keep speaker cables only as long as necessary to reach the primary listening position. Do any of you have direct experience with a similar setup and its impact on sound quality?

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Showing 1 response by teo_audio

The lower the mass of the speaker the greater the need for stiff and stable mounting.

Thus the mobility vs stability thing, has to be qualified.

Speaker mass vs stability is at the core of the ’quality audio’ equation.

Proac super tablettes on 24-28" stands...all on 20-50 pound wheeled dollies.. is probably not a good idea, as is 900lb speakers with spikes, where test positioning is largely an impossibility..

There’s some contention in the middle, sure. Self choice might be a good thing to call it.