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Something on top of a speaker=okay?

We have a (toy) stuffed dog laying on top of one of our floorstanding speakers. Does this affect the sound?  

Do I need to find an identical breed of stuffed dog to put on the other speaker to maintain balance? Does it matter if it's a dog, an elephant or a cute bunny? What about the color? We can dye the dog's fur if that improves the soundstage.

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m669326 OP
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Before I settled on the stuffed animal on my speaker, I experimented with pizza slices. Interestingly, the sound was completely dependent on what toppings were on the pizza.

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In all seriousness, I do have a frog on my speaker.

All the best,
Nonoise

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IIRC, Tom Gillette fka Sam Tellig once suggested readers try three pennies. It was mostly tongue in cheek that at a cost of six cents coming out of your personal liquidity, why not? I felt silly doing it but tried it. Back then I had B&W M805's with JPS Labs Golden Flutes equalizers in line between amp and speakers. I had lead and sand filled 100lb speaker stands. My amp was a McCormack DNA.5 "Full Monty" and my preamp was an Audioprism Mantissa. I heard a difference of exactly de nada. Bupkis. 

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If someone tells me how, I’ll post a photo of the dog that got all this started. “Pupper” is by far the most mellow, well-behaved pet I have ever had. I guess he has the advantage of being inanimate.

I like that frog.

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