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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I brought a buddy to an audiophile friend's house. Went to his music room to listen to a new record I gave as Christmas gift. My buddy didn't really pay attention to the music but was curious, approached the KEF 105.2 left channel, then touched and turned the mid-range and tweeter enclusures. I couldn't say a word as I watched in disbelief but our host blurted, "Oh nooh...!", then proceeded to explain in a nice way to my buddy what he just did. That ruined our listening session. And I had to apologize. Good my friend kept a record of everything.

Sad story, but there are people who don't know enough about stereo. Everytime we invite people, especially those we are not familiar with to our music rooms, we also invite risk. 

After that incident, I took note of everything from stylus tracking pressure to speaker position in my own system.


Grab a female "Guests" purse and start rummaging through it... Yup that will end in a restraining order against you, PTSD charges and restitution for the victim that you pay for, Lets not forget the Xanex/Kpin prescription that she needs now... A "NEW' guest would never touch your Audio gear. "Life partners" know you and would never... Just a random??? There are 3.5 billion women on Earth and much MUCH easier that getting your sound stage correct.
I don’t think non audiophile’s understand or believe the money our equiptment costs, they think of music systems as cheap Sears stuff, regardless you shouldn’t go into someone’s home and move or touch things without asking first.
Wow, this thread really took on a life of its own!  Four simple words:  "Please don't do that".  
I think to a non-audiophile it's like turning a chair a few inches to better see the other person...