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suspending monitors from the ceiling

I have a pair of Canton 9k reference speakers in piano black and I  was thinking of suspending them in space via the ceiling.

If this setup sounded good someone would already be doing it. So would this setup mess up the sound ? How? What could I expect sonically? What problem would have to be overcome? 

thanks for you thoughts

 

scott22

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@erik_squires

What is the difference between suspension and springs which allows movement in all directions? Townshend's platforms come to mind.

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@big_greg

I did the same thing with my turntable back in the 70’s. There were never any skip, no matter how much partying was done. I’d do the same thing again if my TT didn’t weigh 125 lbs.

 

BTW, that streamer sounds very good when fed a good lossless file

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The difference with hanging from ceiling vs any other isolation technique is you're essentially not coupling speakers or equipment to anything

Huh? Isolation & coupling are opposites. I always thought that you wanted to isolate speakers so you could hear the speaker itself apart from the floor, etc. IMO Something seems amiss in your thinking

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