Speakers on floor?

I tried out some for a VERY short time; sounded strange. Sold them on here; saw them for sale again in a short time. So that is three votes [ origional seller, me, guy I sold them to] no. They violate a well known principal of speaker design that most speakers, even large ones like B&W 801s, sound better with air under them.

The concept is well grounded in theory. It greatly reduces the floor bounce cancellation effect. You may or may not like the resulting sound.

Mapleshade has very good advice on their website and they back it up with a money back guarantee. The low height and tilt back set-up has to do with the Allison Effect (floor boundry bass reinforcement) and time alignment (think Vandersteen or Thiel speakers). The brass footers and wood plinths drain internal vibrations keeping the sound clean. This is a win win if you try them out.

People often change/upgrade. They go from monitors to floor standing, floor standing to monitor, then to cone/planar/electrostatic, etc. What the guy did before, during, or after makes no difference because their room and equipment has nothing to do with your room and equipment. Also, the people who sell their stuff on the Gon seem to come out OK. It's what makes this a fun hobby.

Getting the tilt angle the same is critical.

I agree with Kal. I have tried many of the tweaks advocated by Mapleshade, and my experience has been less than positive.

I have tried may different speakers on the floor, albeit with thick cutting boards underneath and not Mapleshade products. No good for me. I would have to say the same thing about their advice regarding speaker and seating positioning. Me no like.

Maybe these guys have better ears than I do, or are using wildly different gear than I have, or I've just been doing it wrong all these years.