Axiom Home Page Forums General Discussion Stereo Bass reduction when sitting down

Well, If you only get bass sitting 3 feet away from them, it doesn't matter how good the bass is. I mean to me, it only matters to me how good a speaker sounds at my listening position.

You should have bought M80's, they are magical and would solve all your problems

Looking forward to your results, very puzzling situation.

I'm a bit taller than average but the numbers I use are 72" standing and about 54" sitting. With an 8 foot ceiling and bass source 6" off the ground (Riker, how far off the ground is the port ?) then that would put my ears right at the null when sitting (I think).

Presumably turning up the volume would make the bass come out a bit further from the speakers before falling to the ground, but I'm sure someone has already mentioned that

You're sitting in a bass null. You have to move the speakers or the listening position a bit. Simply pulling them out from the wall and extra 3-4" might even do it.

Hi guys, some measurements:


The port on the Adagios is on the Front of the speaker, 4" from the ground, 2 1/2" high and 7 " wide (rectangle port) No ports in the back. Transmission line design.

The speaker is 48" tall (49" with the plinth and spikes), 13 1/2" deep, 9" wide at the front then tapers down to 4 1/2" in the back. Similar to the M80s tappered cabinet design.

The first 6 1/2 driver is 31 1/2" (center of cone)from the floor.

Next is the tweeter which is 38" from the floor (center of cone)

Then the other 6 1/2 driver which is 45 1/2" from the floor (center of cone)

Measurements from wall surfaces are taken from the walls to the center of the speaker cabinet.

Right speaker is: 26 1/2" from back wall and 23 1/2 from side wall.

Left speaker is: 26 1/2" from back wall and 9 ft from side wall.

Now, I'm going to move some furniture / chairs and see what I can come up with. Will report later the afternoon on my findings.
Cheers

I bet you're losing the port output when you sit down

Just tilt a little to one side like Ray.

Well I think I have NULLIFIED the issue

I tried moving the speakers to the other side of the room, where the sitting area was, and that gave me more bass but the rest of the sound was terrible. It was worth a try. I put the speakers back where they were except much further out from the back wall. They are now 38" from the back wall to the front of the speaker. The biggest change was moving my loveseat completely up against the back wall .. Voila.. instant bass with no compromise on overall sound quality. I still have to put up a few acoustic panels on the wall behind the seat just to clean up the high end a bit, but it sounds very good from there.

My seat was initialy 4 feet from the back wall as I was observing this 3rd of the room "rule" where the listening position needs to be somewhere around 1/3rd of the lenght of the room.. or something like that. It works great for tv viewing, surrounds are in nice position etc.. but with the new speakers it sounds MUCH better with the couch right up against the back wall. Now my QS8s are actually slightly in front of my head.. But I don't think this will be a huge problem, the QS8s are very forgiving in placement.


Now the only issue is my 46" tv looks to SMALL from that distance .. Ah well, I guess that means I need a 60" TV then

Thanks everyone for the very helpful sugestions and ideas..
Cheers

We have a winner ! It took me about 3 months to figure and find the best location to all my speakers. Many changing position and listening test. Glad you find your setup. I bet you will move everything again soonly just to test once again if you right

The next move will be to make room for new Home Theater Seating which I am going to procure next spring. Then a new bigger tv.. but I think the speakers should stay relatively where they are and so is the seating position.

But hey, never say never !! LOL..