Anyone have Bookshelf speakers mounted over top of their subs??

Hi Music,

It's been done before, to good effect. this is how Linkwitz makes some of his open baffle systems.

In my HT I cheat, and put the center channel on top of the sub using an IsoAcoustics platform.

Best,

E

It seems logical to me, but I am a bit of an audiophile novice and this is my first real setup. I'm glad someone has gotten good results,  I cant see much of a difference between this and if I had tower/floor speakers, other than the subs will get much lower end response than any tower/floor speakers I could afford. 

Hey Music,

True, but you are missing one important feature. Subs can be placed in acoustically ideal situations, which may NOT be under the monitors.

Sub placement, bass traps and EQ are all critically important in getting good sound out of them. Subs have to integrate to the main speakers as well as to the room.

Do this right and it’s breathtaking.

I would rather have 1 sub well integrated than 2 poorly set up.

Best,


E

I do not disagree,  I have a room treatment ordered, and I am going to build some bass traps myself, or GIK is a local business to me, so I can pick some up there. Right now the one sub I have is sitting midwall and my room is not ideal, so there are some nulls and some boominess. Hopefully the treatments and traps will control the boominess.im not sure how they affect the nulls though.

Unless you're using room correction, this almost certainly a bad idea.  I'd always place the subs for smoothest bass and the mains for best imaging.  If you just make sure that you're crossing low enough from sub to main to eliminate subwoofer directionality, you won't be trading away anything (except appearances) with asymmetrical placement.