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Sound is better when I stand up?

Why is this? No matter my listening room (large basement with 7 1/2 foot ceilings or small office with 8’ ceilings), the sound is more open and more spacious when I stand up from my listening chair. When I sit, the sound compresses a bit. Sitting, the tweeters are about 5-6" above my ear level. Should I angle the speakers down?

My chair is at the apex of the .83 ratio Jim Smith suggests for getting better sound. I'm about 3' from the back wall and my standmount speakers are 3' from the front wall. 

What acoustics are responsible for this?

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coppy777
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SIMAO. When you stand, you are changing the distance your ears are from the speakers, (less) the back wall (more) and the ceiling.  Yet sound wise, you like that position better.  Experiment with duplicating each of those new dimensions while sitting... one at a time.  The .83 thing is a starting point only.  It's not sacrosanct. Your room and speakers change everything so suggest you experiment freely from that beginning. Angling speakers down however, is seldom a good idea for well designed transducers.  Better to raise your seating position. 

Have fun and enjoy the music.

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holmz
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I know halloween is over, but this headgear should make the ”standing up sound”, and the “seated sound”… a bit more similar.

 

ghdprentice
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@holmz 

 

I think you have it… tilt that back a bit and it really improve the sound at the seated position. 

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holmz
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holmz 

 

I think you have it… tilt that back a bit and it really improve the sound at the seated position. 

The chair does that already, the headgear is to replicate the chair when standing. And gets better and closer as the angels angles get steeper.

ghdprentice
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@holmz 

 

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