Storage of other speakers in the room, shorting them while not in use? Myth or true?

Connect electricity to a motor, it spins

Spin a motor, it becomes a generator and produces electricity

Put a load on the generator, it makes it difficult to spin

A speaker is a motor

Short the terminals, makes it difficult for the cone to move

And a dynamic driver, can be used as a passive radiator - albeit an inefficient one

But you really shouldn’t have any speakers in your room other than the ones your listening to…

Herb Reichert connects terminals on unused speakers in his review room. Also places them face to face when stored.

I think a double blind test is called for!  

Regards,

barts

There is absolutly no question that all other speakers in the room should be "shorted" to limit bass absorbing cone movement. I built over 200 HiFi stores with high end soundrooms  during my 40 year carrer in HiFi. When we designed and implimented a "shorting" speaker switching system, the measurable and audiable improvement was simply amazing. Now, having one or two pairs of "unshorted" speakers in the same room might not have the same effect as twenty or thirty pairs....but it can't hurt to just make up a couple short cables to short out your speakers in waiting.

I can’t say that I have first hand knowledge of cones moving when other speakers are playing.  But, I can say that I’ve noticed that my wife’s lips start moving when she objects to the music I am playing.

Given how many discussions on the forum deteriorate and get testy, this one had been very entertaining and fun to read thanks...!