ES15s better wall mounted or with a stand?
NewToAudio
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Trying to work with a budget and before dropping any money Id like to ask this here
Has anyone tested this model out both against a wall vs stands? Wall mounted route seems a lot cheaper since its just needed one screw per speaker
Has anyone tested this model out both against a wall vs stands? Wall mounted route seems a lot cheaper since its just needed one screw per speaker
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Tweeters should be at ear height. Generally, that is better accomplished with stands.Political Correctness'.........defined
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Tweeters should be at ear height. Generally, that is better accomplished with stands.
I am able to get them ear height on my wall easily -
I would expect them a priori to sound better (more spacious and more transparent) away from the back wall (and side walls, too, actually).
Zero experience with the ES15, but there is a pair of the earlier and slightly larger S20 here (courtesy of a generous and thoughtful Polk Forums denizen). Never tried them up against the wall*, but they sound pretty good well out in the room. A little heavy-sounding, but quite pleasant top to bottom.
A pair of Altec Santiagos serve as good loudspeaker stands to get the tweeters to ear level.
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* For some reason, a lyric from the Jefferson Airplane song Volunteers just started playing in my head.
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You might want to think twice about wall mounting those speakers.
https://forum.polkaudio.com/discussion/177041/keep-these-s15-speaker-mountsPolitical Correctness'.........defined
"A doctrine fostered by a delusional, illogical minority and rabidly promoted by an unscrupulous mainstream media, which holds forth the proposition that it is entirely possible to pick up a t-u-r-d by the clean end."
President of Club Polk -
You might want to think twice about wall mounting those speakers.
https://forum.polkaudio.com/discussion/177041/keep-these-s15-speaker-mounts
Just got them on the wall yesterday afternoon. Looks pretty good and I’ll have to keep an eye on them. Probably will get stands here soon when I can budget it. I couldn't use big ole kitchen chairs forever lol
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They will sound better on stands, properly set-up for your listening space.
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