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Mount up floorstanding speakers, should we?

Hi,

I tried to mount my Tannoy (floorstanding) Cheviots last week on bricks yet they sound very different, in a bad way. The sound becomes lifeless, much of the bass is gone, sound stage is missing, imaging is poor, almost everything has gone worse.

I wonder if it's wrong to mount a floorstanding speaker. They sit too low (concentric drivers centre at least 20cm below my ear level!)even I am sitting on my sofa and that's the why I need to mount them up.

Thanks
Chris
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dkarmeli
334 posts
 
Czarivey, you must be a prepper😊. I know you're making fun but the cans are a quick and cheap solution to figure out the best height before deciding on a custom one. Or you can just peel the label and spray paint them black.
david
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skoczylas
240 posts
 
I have tannoy Cheviots too and don't find that keeping them on the floor to be a problem. However, the person I purchased them from suggested that if I wanted to elevate them to put them on marble or stone slabs in a rectangle shape a few inches smaller than the speaker shape, then use putty to mount them and offset vibrations. Haven't tried it but you may want to. I am loving my tanoys - just purchased them.
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mattmiller
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It seems to me that the sound is not coming out of the Tannoys properly....If the electronics are in order, the speakers should have a huge floor to ceiling soundstage. If you raise them off the floor you will effect the bass, it wont be good. keep them on the floor and find a way to angle them up, using wood blocks might work well.
czarivey
5,792 posts
 
David,
Thanks for understanding -)
keep on tweakin' :-)
dkarmeli
334 posts
 
Of course Czarivey.
david
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