Re: Floorstanders on top of subwoofer?
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Thanks guys, yeah the people in the back row are 10" higher, so it would most likely work for them, but the front row 13ft back on lazy boys, might not work so much....The 80's just seem to have such a wide sound stage, I didn't think having it 19" higher would make a huge difference, it would anchor it center right/left of my screen though.
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Re: Floorstanders on top of subwoofer?
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13ft might be just far enough back, assuming the listeners in the front aren't reclined all of the time. Like others have said, it's worth a try and comes down to personal preference. You will definitely need to run Audyssey again though.
I tried raising my M80's before, but not on a subwoofer so I can't speak to how your subs will sound. I found that the soundstage was fine 16ft back but not as good 10ft back. Because my VP180 sits fairly low, pans across the front were not as seamless either. In the end, the difference in sound between my front and back rows was too significant for my liking. Besides, elevating the M80's terrified my wife; she was convinced someone was going to lose a limb, or worse.
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Hi Randy,
The latter setup might lessen the upper bass "punch" or "warmth" even if you have them crossed over to your sub at 40 Hz or 60 Hz or set to "Large" simply because there's less floor reinforcement of the lower octaves given the on-top-of-subs placement.
What if he used a higher crossover, something around 100Hz? Wouldn't the sub then help provide some of the missing punch?
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Give it a shot Randy, the off axis of the M80s is very good and I know there are a couple more infrequent forum members that have floor standers on their subs, maybe they will chime in.
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Randy have you tried this yet? if no, why not....?
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haven't had a lot of time, been busy with other shhhhhhhhhhtuff. Will try asap..tick tick tick
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Yeah, another vote to give it a try. Report back with photos of the beer you drank while you were tweaking your system.
-David
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got plenty of that in my keezer.
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