Neil McCauley
04-04-2017, 07:21
Paul McGowan writes .....
I have never understood the purpose of speaker stands for small two-way loudspeakers. If you’re not going to use them on a shelf, as intended, what sense do they make?
A small speaker box struggles with bass—it’s just physics. Sacrificing music’s full range for a small box only makes sense in tight spaces with zero floor space. As soon as you add stands to elevate bookshelf speakers your rationale goes out the window. A floor standing loudspeaker takes no more real estate than a speaker stand holding up an undersized cabinet.
Let’s agree if we’re not trying to make do with what we have, we’ll choose a floor stander for our system. This gives us the best shot at full range audio.
Choices of small footprint floor standing loudspeakers are as .....
Continues at http://www.hifianswers.com/2017/04/a-point-of-view-building-the-foundations/
I have never understood the purpose of speaker stands for small two-way loudspeakers. If you’re not going to use them on a shelf, as intended, what sense do they make?
A small speaker box struggles with bass—it’s just physics. Sacrificing music’s full range for a small box only makes sense in tight spaces with zero floor space. As soon as you add stands to elevate bookshelf speakers your rationale goes out the window. A floor standing loudspeaker takes no more real estate than a speaker stand holding up an undersized cabinet.
Let’s agree if we’re not trying to make do with what we have, we’ll choose a floor stander for our system. This gives us the best shot at full range audio.
Choices of small footprint floor standing loudspeakers are as .....
Continues at http://www.hifianswers.com/2017/04/a-point-of-view-building-the-foundations/