I just purchased some new monitor speakers and stands. These stands put the tweeters about 3-4" above my ears when I am in my listening chair. I am just curious how important it is for the ears to be vertically aligned with the tweeters?
Every monitor I've owned the manufacturer suggests ear height! I always use 24 inch stands,you can always make them higher but you can't make them lower!
Thanks guys. Unfortunately the stands that came with my speakers are not adjustable for height or rake. I was messing around with toe in last night which seemed to help get the coherence right. I will test out different height chairs today to see if getting my ears up to tweeter height helps.
And Lowrider I was actually planning to add some absorption on my ceiling in the near future.
Assuming the speakers are the Sonus Fabers listed in your system profile, you do not have to sit at the tweeter axis. Sitting slightly lower than the tweeter will not substantially change the treble balance. Stereophile reviewed the loudspeaker and performed measurements regarding dispersion characteristics. The review did note that loudspeakers where particularly sensitive to setup.
Thanks Onhwy61. That Stereophile article was a good read. Given that I am only 3" below the tweeter height at a horizontal distance of 86" away from the tweeter means that I am only off axis by less than 2 degrees. According to the the Stereophile measurements I should not hear any difference. Thank you again.
Tboooe, your setup has come along nicely. But since you are listening near-field in a small space and based on Onhwy61's comments, it's probably better to use some diffusion on the ceiling. Absorption could create a suck-out, and you only want to soften the refection off the ceiling.
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