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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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.
@luisma31, i have a similar story to share. a very long time ago, i came home after a very bad day of who knows what and i took off my belt, pissed as hell and flung it away from me, the metal buckle hitting the letter "I" on my martin logan aerius i.  The letters appeared to be metallic, glued to the bottom of the speaker spelling, of course, martin logan.  when i heard the KLLAAAAAANGGGG, i freaked out and ran to the speaker.  I thought those letters were painted on.  they weren't, they were actually cut outs of some sort,  and i freaked out!!!!  lucky for me, it was an easy fix.  i found the "I" and glued it back on.   what a heart-stopping experience.  taught me to take off my belt nice and slow.