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 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...
+1 big-greg, jl35.  I don’t think the OP’s guest knew what she was doing. Maybe it’s more like watching a TV show, and turning the TV slightly so it is more viewable from your seat. Yes, you should always ask first… But I imagine she did not know the implications. @onhwy61 and others with similar statements, I do not get your premise that you standby and watch while a guest does something drstructive, either out of ignorance or malevolence… A host only need practice kindness, not foolishness. OP: What happened to you while you watched as your guest rearranged you speakers?  Were you paralyzed? Others who are incensed: if it were you, would you also have just stood by and watched and then gotten resentful?

Where did I say "standby and watch"?  I said to either make your system unavailable or accept some responsibility for what may happen.  Is that hard to understand?