I'm a stacker!

[Flammaster]

In my living room I stack a set of AR 2ax and on top I have a set of AR XP62 with the aluminum 6.5" woofer in a phase plug design and a super tweeter that says it goes up to 50k.

These two sets really compliment each other! Together they sound like speakers I have always dreamed of.

 

[ifearbanjos]

Like the idea of stacked speakers but no room? There's always Bose 901's. A wheelbarrel of cones on one set.

 

[budgetaudio6]

stacking CV mx 250 and MX 400 have yielded me some good results.

 

[michaelhigh]

Stack them and turn them all on at the same time. Then ask some of the members above, no "dare" them to experience the SPL surge that no one or two pairs of speakers would 'ever' produce. (Heck, stack all 4 walls and REALLY smear that sound...get those audiophiles to report you for "bad" behavior)!!

Forget about refinement and finesse blast those suckers outta there! lol And let the prissies sip their French wine ('57?).

Whatever turns you on is OK!

cnh2

Poor impedance matching would be disatrous. It would violate the audiophile code and I'd have to surrender my decoder ring!:tears:

 

[blowitup]

:lmao::lmao::lmao::lmao::lmao::lmao: Thats just to funny michaelhigh as over the years I don't know to many people that haven't stacked at one time or another for whatever reason.:nono:

 

[yamahammer]

:worthless surprised i didn't see this yet

 

[blowitup]

Sorry I thought they came stacked.

 

[michaelhigh]

I spent my camera money on speaks.

 

[vinyldavid]

I can attest! Michael's got a TON of speakers stacked-all nice ones, too! The wall's bigger than my wall o racks...

 

[Copa1934]

What else do you do with 15 sets?:thmbsp:

Listening to "Best of Hocus Pocus" on my stacks right this minute. 3 pairs of speakers through my Fisher RS-1080 and RS STA-2000. Fun fun fun.

 

[chef free]

I have NEVER heard more than two speakers sound better than just two. Not stacked, not quadraphonic, not 5.1 not 7.1. Maybe it's because we have two ears?

 

[Doug G.]

Bzzzzzt! The inevitable two ears argument.

Doug

 

[JBL GUY]

I have NEVER heard more than two musical instruments sound better than just two. Not not quadraphonic, not 5.1 not 7.1 (although those 0.1 instruments are hard to come by).:scratch2:

Maybe it's because we have two ears?

While there are certain technical issues that may be detrimental to the sound quality involved with stacking speakers, to paraphrase an old staying...

Stack em if you got em...

If you want to.

 

[Copa1934]

I have NEVER heard more than two musical instruments sound better than just two. Not not quadraphonic, not 5.1 not 7.1 (although those 0.1 instruments are hard to come by).:scratch2:

Maybe it's because we have two ears?

While there are certain technical issues that may be detrimental to the sound quality involved with stacking speakers, to paraphrase an old staying...

Stack em if you got em...

If you want to.

I hooked up 8 pairs of speakers, for fun. Did it through a external speaker switch with impedance balancing. Played through my Fisher. The laws of diminishing return applied, but it was a fun exercise nevertheless.

I've played up to 4 pairs, through both aforementioned systems. With some stuff no change, with other stuff diminished sound and yet other stuff a fuller sound.

I'm still of the belief that no one pair can do it all, at least not for less than my Lexus, but that is NOT to say that one pair can be otherwise satisfying. Oh, speakers alone don't do the trick, especially if you're driving them with your grandfathers old Electrophonic all-in-one system. One must have the "stuff" driving the speakers as well. Adds up bloody quick.

After my next reorg I'll post images of my next round of stacks, due to recent acquisitions. Change is constant. Eh?

 

[Copa1934]

Bzzzzzt! The inevitable two ears argument.

Doug

Funny eh? I've never understood that argument. One is receiving sound (ears) the other is attempting to reproduce sound. Speakers are essentially one dimensional, i.e. they don't accurately reproduce "actual" positions of instruments or voices. One excellent example of this is the story behind the measurement efforts by Yamaha when testing various "real" environments for acoustic properties and applying what they learned in their "Natural" systems. The number of mike positions and then later the number of speakers to come remotely close to live is astonishing. Still, that doesn't even begin to factor in the room acoustics, equipment, etc. of your listening environment.

Stacks are fun. So is quad, if you have all the correct source equipment. SACD and DVD audio are phenomenal, but only with the correctly engineered material. Nothing is perfect, so I except what I've got and enjoy. Plain and simple.

 

[grillebilly]

I better go tell the folks at the 9:30 club to get rid of their 38 speakers they must not need since stacking is a waste.

 

[AnalogDigit]

I stack speakers since I don't have any room.

 

[budgetaudio6]

im with you analog. In my living room i have my ht crazy spl rig. in the same space i have my tannoys. 12 monitor golds. On the same reciever.

I enjoy both of them for what they do...which is saying alot.

takee a look in my sig for what im referring to.

never mind that i use my home theater speakers for music as well. im flexible. And dont hold speakers responsible for the ensuing sound...

 

[motorstereo]

Next time you're running a stack even if it's only one pair put your hand on top of the stack and feel the vibration. That vibration is causing the unused drivers to vibrate as well. Think about what that does to soundstage and imaging. I'll follow the late Zilch's great advice of "no stacking allowed".:yes:

 

[313Hooligan]

I don't know if this is really considered stacking but I have my old Polk RT35i bookshelf speakers on top of my older Vega DX-7's powered by my Pioneer SX-750.

Now I listen to the stereotypical music that most of you think about when you see the word Vega, and it seams to me that on more "unplugged or acoustic" style music when I kick on speakers A+B (at reasonable 1/4 or less volume) the Polk's even out the slight (IMO) harshness of the DX-7's.

I do understand the "get better speakers" argument, but I love my setup, in my space, to me it sounds great, and with my noisy punk, classic rock, and rap that are staples in my listening, I love it. Which goes back to the what sounds good to you argument.

I think if you are stacking middle of the line (like my speakers) floor standers , well, than you are probably trying to relive your favorite heavy metal concert, which I think is cool too.