turnbowm: " The location of floor-standing speakers in a room is always a compromise between imaging and bass performance. With stand-mounts and subwoofers, the monitors can be located for best imaging and the subs for best bass performance.
+1 turnbowm. I agree completely.
Independent positioning of bass drivers in a room, and in relation to the designated listening position, is very important for high quality bass performance just as independent positioning of mid-range and treble drivers, mainly in relation to the listening position, is very important for high quality mid-range, treble and stereo sound stage imaging performance.
It makes little sense to have all drivers vertically aligned in the same cabinet, fixed in place and ultimately occupying the same specific footprint location in the room for each channel’s floor standing speaker. It’s highly unlikely that the 2 specific room footprint locations, that are determined by the listener to be the best locations for the mid-range and treble drivers for optimum mid-range/treble/imaging performance, are the exact same 2 specific room footprint locations that are determined by the listener to be the best locations for the bass drivers for optimum bass performance.
Given all the above facts, the approach that makes the most sense to me is treating our systems as 2 systems:
1. Mono Deep Bass system for reproducing all frequencies below 80 Hz.
2. Stereo Mid-range, Treble and Sound Stage Imaging system for reproducing all frequencies above 80 Hz.
Noone's left out, however, since floor standers or stand mounted monitors can be utilized for #2- a Stereo Mid-range, Treble and Sound Stage Imaging system.
So, what do my comments have to do with general considerations on speaker stands?
Woops, sorry.
I don’t have a lot of experience with speaker stands, although I did recently order a pair of Mye stands for my Magnepan floor standing speakers that are due to arrive by the end of the month.
It’s just that this thread topic triggered me to contemplate the different approaches we all take with our systems; stand mounted monitor or floor standing type speakers, restricted low frequency or full range speakers, with subs or without, etc. The above just summarizes some of my thoughts on those thoughts.
As you were,
Tim
+1 turnbowm. I agree completely.
Independent positioning of bass drivers in a room, and in relation to the designated listening position, is very important for high quality bass performance just as independent positioning of mid-range and treble drivers, mainly in relation to the listening position, is very important for high quality mid-range, treble and stereo sound stage imaging performance.
It makes little sense to have all drivers vertically aligned in the same cabinet, fixed in place and ultimately occupying the same specific footprint location in the room for each channel’s floor standing speaker. It’s highly unlikely that the 2 specific room footprint locations, that are determined by the listener to be the best locations for the mid-range and treble drivers for optimum mid-range/treble/imaging performance, are the exact same 2 specific room footprint locations that are determined by the listener to be the best locations for the bass drivers for optimum bass performance.
Given all the above facts, the approach that makes the most sense to me is treating our systems as 2 systems:
1. Mono Deep Bass system for reproducing all frequencies below 80 Hz.
2. Stereo Mid-range, Treble and Sound Stage Imaging system for reproducing all frequencies above 80 Hz.
Noone's left out, however, since floor standers or stand mounted monitors can be utilized for #2- a Stereo Mid-range, Treble and Sound Stage Imaging system.
So, what do my comments have to do with general considerations on speaker stands?
Woops, sorry.
I don’t have a lot of experience with speaker stands, although I did recently order a pair of Mye stands for my Magnepan floor standing speakers that are due to arrive by the end of the month.
It’s just that this thread topic triggered me to contemplate the different approaches we all take with our systems; stand mounted monitor or floor standing type speakers, restricted low frequency or full range speakers, with subs or without, etc. The above just summarizes some of my thoughts on those thoughts.
As you were,
Tim