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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Duke has the perfect idea. Get yourself a laser tape measure ,invite her back, open a nice bottle of wine, measure exactly from side walls, front wall, rear wall, toe in, laugh about her moving them on you.

 Find the sweet spot, marry her, enjoy life listening together and growing old.
Well, this is a reminder of what a blessing it is to have a well broken in audiophile wife.   Since this is a first time guest, I assume you don't know her well.  I'd watch carefully.  This could be an early indicator of egocentricity, or it could be an early indication of a golden eared gem in training. 

I've made the same mistake myself.   Got the speakers very well positioned, and didn't have sense to leave well enough alone or use a bit of scotch tape to mark the position.   Won't make that mistake again. 
Is she a millennial/Gen Z?

If so, it wasn't providing immediate satisfaction,therefore entitled to correct to their liking. 


It could never be worse than “ hey let me try docking the boat for the first time in 20 knot wind “

roll with it !