Stands or no stands

All speakers I've had sounded better with stands. I use 4 to 6 inch stands under all of the ones I own, but have not own any Heresy's.

I owned Heresy II and when on their short risers the images they produced were too short.  Like I was listening to smurf bands.  If I kept them I would have used them with subs and heavy duty speaker stands. 

If the 2 of U spring him or her out they will be back to interfering with the speed of sound in virtually no time. Tom

So what you're saying, we can't punish the criminal until we remove the root cause of the crime? ;)  

How about you lock him up, and Rick and I spring him loose?

The best I ever heard the Klipschhorns was when they were placed on the largest set of Starsound Sistrum platforms. They were still partially  loaded into the corners and probably 6inches off the floor. The box resonance of that large enclosure was given a way out of the system before its negativity was added to the sum of all the moving  parts. Remember a speaker box is an innocent criminal but will be found guilty as a passive radiator of all the harmonics of that speaker.  Sistrum removes interfering energy from every device in every system thru the process of mechanical grounding. Tom 

Put them up on cardboard boxes (original boxes would work) and see what you get before you spend money on beefy stands. Mine are happy on the floor. 

Try it and see. They are designed to get the bass reinforcement from the floor but you never know what sounds best until you try. 

That's what I mean, it will shift the overall tonal balance quite a bit. But may be a good tradeoff, especially if willing to tweak as this guy did. Crossovers are pretty easy to adjust this way. It could be something as simple as a higher value resistor to dial down the mid and tweeter.  

This is what I mean by try it and see, but try it with understanding what is going on. It helps a lot to be familiar with the different aspects of loudspeaker performance, and the way different things like placement impact the overall sound.

My 84 year old friend purchased some original Heresy's that are in pristine condition. They are  mounted on some great looking stands that match the speakers perfectly.

He made some changes to dial back the over-aggressive high frequencies, and they are a great sounding and looking pair of speakers. I was very impressed with how they sounded.

The stands made a positive addition overall.

Regards,
Dan

Understand the higher off the floor the less bass reinforcement. But also the top end dispersion will change as well. You may or may not like it, and the only way to be sure is to try it and see. Bear in mind stands for trying something like this can be anything. You can put them on a chair, a stool, a stack of books. Just so long as you understand what is going on and listen for bass and tone you will be fine. Then if you do like em higher this way you will know exactly how high and this will tell you what stands to shop for.  

Another really big one to keep in mind, this sort of thing is really only do do with frequency response. There are also big improvements to be had from vibration control. So once you get speaker height nailed down then look into putting the speakers on Townshend Pods, Podiums, Bars, or if you can't afford those then Nobsound springs. Good idea to try these before doing the stands as you may well find so much improvement with those you stop even thinking of stands.