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Up the thread I shared that sitting on the floor with my ears at the same elevation as the center of the 10” drivers sounded good, and that I planned to put The Loudspeakers on 10” stands so I could sit in my listening chair with my ears at the same position relative to the height of the 10” driver. I also happened to mention this plan directly to Troels Gravesen and I was surprised when he answered that he supposed the sound shift I had described did not relate to where my ears were relative to the 10” driver, rather it had to do with where my ears were in the room. Hmmm… I never thought of that… Still, I found a couple of old milk crates, and I made a sturdy ramp, and I singlehandedly got each of The Loudspeakers up on a crate, and I did some listening. And Troels was right, I had not reproduced the sound I got (and still get) while sitting on the floor. I did like a significant power boost I noticed with 10” stands, but it was accompanied by a loss of “sound effects”, like imaging and “space”, that I realized I prefer to the added outright power. I would say that the 10” stands in my case make The Loudspeakers themselves “too present”, whatever the “real reason” for this effect. Troels also mentioned that he designed The Loudspeakers with microphones and ears at the level of the horn center, and he offered that this would be the best way to listen to The Loudspeakers. I spent about a week and a half with the 10” stands, and last week I went to inch and one-half blocks under the speakers, with my ears at the horn center when I am seated in my chair. Folks, there are not many horns I want pointed at my ears, but these 18 Sound drivers are very refined, and I do not toe the speakers in that far, in any case; I am still a ways off the central axis. My imaging and space are back and better than ever, with no problems except the ongoing reality that The Loudspeakers reproduce pretty much everything they are fed, for better or for worse. They create a Huge Universe of Differences that includes everything you’d want to know about the recording and the rest of your system, along with the current state of the electricity. I guess it’s each person’s place to choose what they listen to and how they listen to it; but I have to say I am both mystified and amused by the lengths to which people go to listen to crap. On the other hand, I believe that Bruckner is not really popular, either, although it is my current yardstick and delight, as well.>>

Paul S

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