Speakers on floor?


Mapleshade sells some speaker stands and seems to advocate putting small speakers on the floor on small stands (thick wood) and aiming the speakers up at an angle.

Have any of you tried this?
What was the effect?

Thanks,
Art
artmaltman
Got a pair of Mapleshade Bedrock Ultra's yesterday and been playing with speaker placement. So far the product does as it claims. I am using a $200pr of Cambridge Audio S30's with them and i can't believe the sound that is coming out of these things. My room is only 12.5ft x 11ft and i always had a 45hz peak and quite a bit of midbass suckout. I ran some tests with tones and a decibel meter and i still have a peak at 45hz but the midbass is back and i went from a 13db difference between 45 and 80hz to only a 5db peak. The soundstage is wider and the center image is great. Working on the tilt back now, right and left image is a little low. Hopefully i can get it right.
I've had these for about ten years in listening rooms of various sizes. They work. They're unconventional, but they do make a bigger and wider sound. It's the difference between throwing sidearm and coming over the top.