Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site harvard.ARPA Path: utzoo!decvax!genrad!teddy!panda!talcott!harvard!sasaki From: sasaki@harvard.ARPA (Marty Sasaki) Newsgroups: net.audio Subject: speaker placement Message-ID: <234@harvard.ARPA> Date: Sun, 30-Dec-84 18:16:14 EST Article-I.D.: harvard.234 Posted: Sun Dec 30 18:16:14 1984 Date-Received: Mon, 31-Dec-84 07:37:35 EST Distribution: net Organization: Aiken Computation Laboratory, Harvard Lines: 27 Thanks to all who answered my plea for speaker recommendations. There are so many companies and after a while they all look and sound alike. With your suggestions I've managed to narrow down my listening tests to a task that I can manage. This brings up my next question, what about speaker placement? It used to be that you made sure the speaker was not in the corner of a room and not resting on the floor. Some speaker manufacturers even recommended that bookshelf speakers be placed in bookshelves. After these recommendations it was all trial and error. Bookshelf speakers all seem to be placed on stands now (at least in the audiophile stores). The height of the stands seems to place the drivers at the same height as a seated listeners ears. Is there anything more to this? I will probably settle on bookshelf speakers and plan on building stands with tiptoes built into the stands. Do I need to attach the speakers to the stands, or will their weight be enough to couple the speakers to the stands? Thanks in advance. -- Marty Sasaki Havard University Science Center sasaki@harvard.{arpa,uucp} 617-495-1270