TSi400 Floorstanding above the ground

penti
penti Posts: 3
edited August 2012 in Speakers
Hi all, I currently have a pair of TSi400 speakers in my current set-up, but planning on making an entertainment cabinet to place the TV. It's going to be a wall-to-wall, ceiling-to-floor one, so it wouldn't be nice to have that then place the speakers in front, on the floor. If I place it on the cabinet, about 2 ft off the ground, would it severely alter the quality of the sound? Currently, the top driver is at ear level, and if I place them on top of the cabinet, the lower driver should be at ear level and the other two above ear level.

Also, I have 2 pairs of TSi100 for surround speakers. They used to be around 5 ft off the ground, around 2 ft above ear level. I want to set them by the ceiling, 9 ft above the ground, 6 ft above ear level. Would that also be problematic?

Thanks in advance!
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  • penti
    penti Posts: 3
    edited August 2012
    Bump

    Any suggestions out there guys?
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  • Drenis
    Drenis Posts: 2,871
    edited August 2012
    Floor standing speakers are just that, floor standing.

    The short answer to your initial question is yes.
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  • dorokusai
    dorokusai Posts: 25,577
    edited August 2012
    As Drenis stated, yes, you will affect the sound quality with anything you do in regards to placement. You'll have to find the happy medium and decide what works best for you.
    CTC BBQ Amplifier, Sonic Frontiers Line3 Pre-Amplifier and Wadia 581 SACD player. Speakers? Always changing but for now, Mission Argonauts I picked up for $50 bucks, mint.
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  • penti
    penti Posts: 3
    edited August 2012
    dorokusai wrote: »
    As Drenis stated, yes, you will affect the sound quality with anything you do in regards to placement. You'll have to find the happy medium and decide what works best for you.

    Well, construction starts next week so I'd need to decide soon.

    Also, I've been looking at some HT galleries and found this:

    http://www.beeswing.com/subcat_gal_hm_theater.html

    They placed the speakers on some kind of platform. Is there any downside to place them on a wooden platform so I can make some kind of tram so they I can pull the speakers when used and hidden inside when not.

    Would vibrations cause too much rumbling?
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