Any advantage to setting speaker "upside down?"

[WickedWillie]

Have a pair of Fried Model Qs that I've just rehabbed by replacing the bass drivers. Treble seems just a touch harsh with attenuator set to "+" but a little muddy when set to neutral. Would there be any advantage to up ending the speaker so that the tweeter is on the bottom?

 

[beans]

The only reason for turning a bookshelf speaker upside down is when they are placed high enough that doing so will get the tweeters closer to ear level.

 

[Copa1934]

The only reason for turning a bookshelf speaker upside down is when they are placed high enough that doing so will get the tweeters closer to ear level.

+1, that's how I have my HPM-60 (rears in my HT system).

 

[nj pheonix]

I've heard good things about stacking speakers on top of themselves (same speakers, 2 per channel, lower one in standard position and upper ones inverted). I never tried it but it would double chance of tweeters being in line with ears as previously stated.

 

[FONSguy]

I have stacked KEF 104's that sit up about 20" off the floor and upside down. I think the pair of tweeters per side sound better that way.

 

[Gang-Twanger]

I've heard good things about stacking speakers on top of themselves (same speakers, 2 per channel, lower one in standard position and upper ones inverted). I never tried it but it would double chance of tweeters being in line with ears as previously stated.

:yes:

I've read a lot of comments from people who've done this sort of thing, stacking them with one pair regular and one inverted (I think Advents and KLH 9's). I do something different with my speakers. Instead of the usual upright placement, I rotate mine counterclockwise 90 degrees (in other words, so that the speaker is resting on it's left side), but this is with speakers that were designed for that sort of placement (although, it HAS been said to work with quite a few other speaker models).

 

[Tom Brennan]

Have a pair of Fried Model Qs that I've just rehabbed by replacing the bass drivers. Treble seems just a touch harsh with attenuator set to "+" but a little muddy when set to neutral. Would there be any advantage to up ending the speaker so that the tweeter is on the bottom?

You can change the "tilt" of the dispersion pattern by placing a speaker upside down, indeed some speakers are made with the woofer over the tweeter. This is more involved than I'll get into here but in short give it a try, if it works for you fine, if not, nothing is lost.

 

[bluesky]

Testing your voice coil.

 

[Graceman]

Just give it a try!

 

[voyager12]

I've heard good things about stacking speakers on top of themselves (same speakers, 2 per channel, lower one in standard position and upper ones inverted). I never tried it but it would double chance of tweeters being in line with ears as previously stated.

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