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Will increasing speaker height increase Soundstage

Recently at the CES show I was comparing the Wilson Sasha and Maxx 3 speakers. I noticed that the Maxx speakers produced the vertical axis of the music at around 5-6' high. The height that most musicians would stand. The Sasha's placed them at around 4'. Would raising the smaller speaker increase the height of the vocals? If so what would be the draw back? If base is reduced wouldn't subs fix it? These questions take into consideration time delays of the midrange and tweeter and as such I would increase the angle of the raised speakers upper module to focus waves to ear height.
hamburg
fromunda
148 posts
 
I have a pair of Klipsch klf-10's up about 4 feet high as well as horizontally placed, due to small child in the house issues. I realize this is far from optimal but I get good results as my soundstage is very wide and natural sounding. I also have a subwoofer elevated at this level and I am sure this is an audiophile no no but I do this or risk child destruction!
buconero117
2,311 posts
 
All said and done, a center channel fill is the best way to improve your soundstage, no matter what speaker you use.
lewhite
156 posts
 
I think the order of the XO is a major contributor of image height. Almost more important than tweeter height in determining image height.
hamburg OP
69 posts
 
Thanks for responses. I found that my speakers were toed in too much. changing it helped. But I still wonder why the Maxx 3 speakers had more height then the WP or Sasha.. The former has the tweater a foot heigher. If I raised my WP would it also raise the Image as well?
tmsorosk
1,013 posts
 
I raised my Revel Salon 1's up about 4 inches onto very solid platforms and added about 2 degrees rake , it was not done to raise the sound stage , but it did seem to have that effect . The Sub woofer is built in wall , front , center and 2 feet from the ceiling , it definitely sounds best this way . Larger speakers usually have a bigger , taller sound stage .
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