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From: sasaki@harvard.ARPA (Marty Sasaki)
Newsgroups: net.audio
Subject: speaker placement
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Date: Sun, 30-Dec-84 18:16:14 EST
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Posted: Sun Dec 30 18:16:14 1984
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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