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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One night my wife and I come back home and started listening to our system and getting comfortable I remove my belt and I don't know what the hell I was thinking, I tried removing it in a sexy way and the belt buckle flew straight to my klipsch P37f woofer making a dent in it, needless to say I was in shock and my good mood died right there. Looking back now, well these things happen for whichever reason.

I had SS amps back then Now I have exposed tube amps so I don't get comfy where my system is. I listen to music there and get comfy anywhere else.

My wife still puts a heavy cast iron ornament on top of one of my subs, I already mentioned that my AK subs tend to "knock down" things, she keeps doing it, I remove it every time to listen, one day I will forget and porcelain floor damage will cause her to divorce me, will report back here when that happens.
Luisma I have to say that imagining the scene of you removing the belt and it flying into the speaker Seem like something right out of an Austin Powers movie.

Only a true audiophile would loose the amorous moment after that- a normal person wouldn’t even notice. Perhaps that should be a clinical test for audiophilia.

wolf_garcia5,335 posts
02-21-2020 10:36am
To sum up, women (and men) should avoid audiophiles due to their inherent sexist misogyny, obvious personal insecurities, fragile egos, clear OCD issues, childish anger issues, and their inability to rationally interact with other people.


You know, I agree wholeheartedly, I do this as much as possible, whenever I can avoid myself I do...

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Years ago i was speaker shopping at a stereo store in The University DIstrict (UW) in Seattle, WA. I cant remember the name of the store, but the salesperson was showing a pair of Ohm Model Fs to a potential buyer. The salesperson went to tip the speaker forward for whatever reason when the speaker slipped from their grip, resulting in the driver being crushed by the salesperson’s hand.

Bear in mind this was 1979 and Model Fs were going for 1500/pr.