All of this is irrelative if the speakers are placed so they don't sound good to start with! Mainly, I'm talking about a "bass issue". You need to place the speakers where they're going to couple properly with the room/listening possition, for flattest most solid response, first and formost! Otherwise, you'll never get a good sound from the speaker! That's the foundation.
I find that, with 8' standard ceilings, 24" stands seem to be best, in general, for most smaller 2 way monitors. You get higher than that, and the bass get weeker, and there seems to be a hole around 63-80hz reigion. Anyway, try and see/hear for yourself before buying the stands.
If you have a 9' or 10' or better ceiling, you can most often get the speakers up higher, maybe 28-32" stands or whatever.
Still, if you end up with lower stands, you should aim the speakers up towards the listening possition for proper imaging and soundstage.
If it came down to a speaker manufactures(like Sonus Faber) recommending placing their speakers at a certain height for tweeter, whatever, vs. placing the speaker at a height that the speaker actually sounded good at, I'd go with the latter, every time!
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I find that, with 8' standard ceilings, 24" stands seem to be best, in general, for most smaller 2 way monitors. You get higher than that, and the bass get weeker, and there seems to be a hole around 63-80hz reigion. Anyway, try and see/hear for yourself before buying the stands.
If you have a 9' or 10' or better ceiling, you can most often get the speakers up higher, maybe 28-32" stands or whatever.
Still, if you end up with lower stands, you should aim the speakers up towards the listening possition for proper imaging and soundstage.
If it came down to a speaker manufactures(like Sonus Faber) recommending placing their speakers at a certain height for tweeter, whatever, vs. placing the speaker at a height that the speaker actually sounded good at, I'd go with the latter, every time!
Some input...