Thread: Tilting Speakers up and Sound Change

My Dyns have always been on the bass side of things. That was why I bought them to begin with. I have them spiked but on granite slabs. When I was sitting on the floor, the sound was fuller. The tweeters already appeared to be above ear level in the sweet spot so I was worried about tiling them upward and firing the tweeter over my head.

The other night I came across the little Spike Floor Footers that came with my VTI Rack that I never used. I decided to just put them under the front spikes giving them a lift of maybe 1/8 or 3/16, I have not taken a measurement yet.

The change in sound was more than just subtle. The bass (boominess) backed off a little, maybe a tad more than a little but not diminished. But, the Midrange opened up seemingly 2 fold. These speakers sound completely different than I am used to for almost 20 years.

I plan to play more, but wondering is it more the material of the footers between the spikes and granite, or is just that little tilt enough to drastically change the sound?

I plan to use just the spikes for the tilt and remove the footers to see if it was just the tilt or both. Either way a really big change in sound. If it is just the tilt, I will play with the angle a bit to see if I can have both bass and mids as good as the other.

Been there, had the same thing with my Kef201/2's on stands. I would set in my spot and the music always sounded a tad off. I would get up and move a little and the sound would change. As i got my tape measure out, I found that I was below the tweeter when I sat in my chair, So I had to get news stands ( shorter) and then all was well. Speaking of tilting your speakers. My GE Tritions2+ on my HT system are tilted from rear. Mids, highs improved, as my bass was fine.