Tilting Speakers

[KlyvQ]

From my understanding good stands/spiking is essential for ensuring that the speaker is stable and does not move about... - so by tilting the speaker, doesn't this compromise the stability? since it's at an angle?

... not sure if it is because the footing is unsure, so you get "rocking" with the bass... maybe because you are screwing with floor-bounce - although that should only be with upper bass...

+1.
This is the one thing i'm trying to understand... unless the speaker is attached, to a steel base - where u can tilt the speakers, without compromising stability/footing...

[Shonver]

The louvre on the tweeter in this speaker extends the travel path of the sound from the tweeter to the listener by making it zig-zag through the louvre before it exits, thereby causing a delay.

[Telephono]

I'm running some old-skool Pioneer floorstanders in my basement system.

They are short and squat with 15-inch woofers. I made a set of spiked "baskets" out of square tubing that I set them in - this tilts them back about 10-degrees.

The sound is great with them on the stands - partly because they're spiked and partly because they're very crudely "time aligned".

As an aside, I had them tilted back on a covered brick laid flat at first - placed the brick under the baffle edge and the sound (bass, especially) was phenomenal.

The bass was really deep and tight, but it looked terrible, so I made the baskets.

So from my experience with the old Pioneers, tilting them back does improve the sound markedly. It might have quite a bit to do with the basement's acoustics also.

 

[KlyvQ]

The louvre on the tweeter in this speaker extends the travel path of the sound from the tweeter to the listener by making it zig-zag through the louvre before it exits, thereby causing a delay.

And it's a Sansui - what ever happened to them (when they used to make proper Kit).

I'm running some old-skool Pioneer floorstanders in my basement system.

They are short and squat with 15-inch woofers. I made a set of spiked "baskets" out of square tubing that I set them in - this tilts them back about 10-degrees.

The sound is great with them on the stands - partly because they're spiked and partly because they're very crudely "time aligned".

As an aside, I had them tilted back on a covered brick laid flat at first - placed the brick under the baffle edge and the sound (bass, especially) was phenomenal.

The bass was really deep and tight, but it looked terrible, so I made the baskets.

So from my experience with the old Pioneers, tilting them back does improve the sound markedly. It might have quite a bit to do with the basement's acoustics also.

 

So would u say tilting is recommended, or rather better if speakers are not that tall? (Not knowing what would constitute tall)...

[Telephono]

So would u say tilting is recommended, or rather better if speakers are not that tall? (Not knowing what would constitute tall)...

The Pioneers - similar to these: http://www.classifiedads.com/electronics-ad5245587.htm - are about 80 cm tall.

Try tilting your speakers if you like - it won't break anything.

[chipwelder]

Agreed ^^^, spiked speakers I just put a few old AVSA mags under the front spikes, increasing height and listening little by little.

[KlyvQ]

True - experimenting won't break anything...
 - It's the logic behind that makes me wonder... if u wanna tilt it to the left, what's benefit, if u can just move it to the left (etc.).

But Shonver's explanation - behind acoustic alignment - was an eye opener, and an extremely important thing IMO.

My speakers rest on Super wood, custom made so the tweeter sits at ear level, when i am sitting down.

[Telephono]

By tilting I mean tilting them backwards - in other words, the speaker is laying backwards at an angle of ten degrees.

I don'tt think tilting them to the side will make a difference.

Try it and report back on your findings - should be interesting.

[alternativeroute]

Here is built in tilt for you:


Seas Maya First Plugin - top angle by arclients, on Flickr

I put in the tilt beacuse of what I had read : "Cabs should be tilted 5 degrees to render the flattest frequency response." - http://www.troelsgravesen.dk/CNO.htm