KEF LS50 Speaker Stands


Just bought a pair of KEF LS50s and was wondering what height speaker stands I should get. The standard approach is to get the driver at ear height. I tried several chairs that I might use and they put my ears at 43 inches from the floor. Since the LS50 driver is in the center of the front baffle that makes it about 6 inches from the bottom of the speaker. In that case I would need to buy 36 inch high speaker stands. There are very few quality speaker stands that high and the speaker stands that KEF sells specifically for the LS50 are only 24 inches high. Am I missing something? At 24 inches that would put the driver at 30 inches from the floor. You would have to be practically sitting on the floor to get your ears at 30 inches. My question is do I follow the standard rule and get 36 inch speaker stands or follow KEF and get 24 inch stands.
neo2199
@docknow 

I literally just received the monoliths (28”) filled them with sand and they are ridiculously good (and heavy!) for the money.

RTFM (READ THE FINE MANUAL)  ! 

24" max height for bass floor reinforcement AND keeping the tweeters BELOW ear level to smooth the treble response.  

The treble response rises on axis and therefore should be slightly below ear height as they are designed. 

So many people F Up on this and wonder why they don't sound very good.  

Also pay attention to the port plug options as listed in the manual- one, two or no plugs depending on distance to the back wall.  

 

KEF response is wrong.  Has nothing to do with international seating height.  It has to do with too much treble on axis at ear height.