Guest suddenly takes it upon herself to move my speakers


Has this ever happened to anyone here?

You have your speakers positioned just as you like them, and then a guest takes it upon themselves to suddenly move your speakers?

Obviously I’m not going to get any sympathy from anyone in the non Audio world, so I thought I’d post my frustrating experience here.

I also imagine that many of your speakers can’t simply be slid out of position due to spikes or carpeting or sheer weight. Probably a good number of you, who like me have speakers on hardwood floors, have some marks in place to be able to return speakers to their exact position. (Which I didn’t)

But a recent female first time guest was sitting on the floor positioned between the speakers as we listened and for some reason decided that they should be pointed directly at her. Now some people might think “how obnoxious,” and others might think, ‘hey, a woman who wants the toe in angle optimzed for her seating position! She’s a keeper! Let her handle whatever she wants!”

And while I did like the enthusiasm, there was a supertweeter precariously balanced atop each speaker fireing rearward that could have easily toppled off and broken. (And no, there are no kids in the house).

I still haven’t found the exact sweet spot I had them in. For a long time I felt like a bit of an audio slacker since I never installed the factory spikes or rounded cones TAD provides for the CR1’s. Until a few months ago I read on another forum that many CR1 owners choose to just keep the stands on the floor, or haven’t found a benefit to using the spikes/cones on hardwood.

Obviously I’ll use the incident to try and eventually find an even more optimal positioning than they were in, but it still irks me that someone would just assume it’s okay to move a sophisticated audio setup that they truly know nothing about.

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Completely out of line. Regardless of sex or sexual background. I do not know if I would have lost my cool. Or handled the situation casually. 
I toohad beer cans put on my speakers And a drunken idiot sit on my subwoofer. I did indeed scream that night. We work hard to obtain this equipment. And yes. We do have an emotional connect with out gear. 
People these days. The horror!
Whether she moved your speakers, your other furniture or did any  other like thing in your home without the courtesy of first discussing it with you, does not sound like a good sign. I think asserting oneself like this in order to control or change what someone else has done in their own home suggests worse things for the future. The proper placement of speakers is a personal thing and can take a considerable amount of time in order to get them "just right" - this would have annoyed me a great deal.
Years ago in a small dedicated audio room I had a pair of monitors I had lovingly built, precisely perched on their shot filled stands.  My wife and neighbor friend came down to have a listen and then broke out into a dance. There was a lot of reckless butt gyrating and my neighbor's hip sent my precious speaker project flying into the wall.  As she ran from the room there was an "oops sorry".  My wife thought that was a sincere and adequate apology.  My new room has a lock.
I have a 8" X 15" laminated sign on the floor about 10 feet out from my Tubed Mono-Blocks....." DANGER " Keep liquids FAR from Tube Amps". I don't think anyone has ever asked any questions and certainly never attempted to move my Soundlab Majestics.