Raised Towers


This might be silly...but...has anyone messed with putting towers on a stand or table? What were your thoughts? How did it affect sound? 

secretguy

Unlikely to make them sound better. Your going to move the sweet spot above your head.

I used planar speakers for about 35 years. I have heard Maggies of all types for at least 40 year, come close to buying them more than once. I moved to dynamic (box) about fifteen years ago for reasons that to me outweighed the benefits of planar.

 

After listening extensively to acoustical instruments and attending hundreds of classical concerts I found the reasons the vast majority of people invest in dynamic speakers and to me the advantages greatly outweight the disadvantages. But you have to get good ones.

If you want dynamic speakers to have the attributes of planar… then put a set of super tweeters on top of your towers. That is what is missing… the effect of frequencies above hearing level impacting the frequencies you hear (well and adding some fine detail).

For listening standing, my platforms can change the angle of speaker. Otherwise they have pretty large footprint for higher stands.

 

It will mess up the image as it changes the group delays between the drivers.

Yah...like I said I figured it was dumb. So I guess I either live with the Maggies or inferior sound.