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Using subs as speaker stands ?

I own the tyler ref monitors, I am thinking of buying 2 tyler taylo base moduals, I am cramped for space,would it work if I placed the monitors directly on ths subs using rubber isolation pads between the monitor and the sub, has anyone tried this ? thanks all
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ozfly
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As Danner suggests, the ideal sub locations will likely be very different than your ideal speaker locations. As Warrenh suggests, stacking will not provide the same sound as separate stands (the bass will transfer through the rubber and the height is not ideal). For space saving purposes, you might choose to get the stands and place the subwoofers behind them. There is no direct transfer of bass waves and the subwoofers would be closer to the rear walls (where they generally sound better, but every subwoofer needs to be placed a bit differently). Good luck.
ozfly
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Without doing the in-depth research on the specific models you mention, the bass units I've usually seen attached to the midrange/tweeter sections are 1) not independently powered (i.e., they are passive units) and 2) specially designed and braced to accommodate the match-up. One unit I have heard that had a powered sub-woofer in the same cabinet as the midrange/tweeter was the Definitive Technology speaker and it was overkill on the low end and dipping rather dramatically in the lower midrange/upper bass region. Was that a design problem? Don't know. I've heard many good things about similarly designed Infinity systems.

Place your hand on top of a sub-woofer and you can feel the vibrations. Place your hand on the cabinet of a speaker cabinet and you would not normally feel the vibrations. There are different design parameters that need to be used under the different design objectives. Stand-alone subwoofers are not designed to be physically connected to other speakers. If they were, they would likely require more space and more bracing in order to reduce the cabinet vibrations.

That's my top-of-mind response. I welcome corrections and expansions of the explanation. Good question. To expand on the question, are there speaker companies that attempt to physically isolate all of the independent speaker units? My experience has been that isolation and stability helps greatly (e.g., speaker cones or stands). I wonder if any company took it further?
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