Floor Bounce Speakers

Maybe you hate the way audio speaker stands look.

Floor bounce speakers.

Speakers are described as two way three way four way etc. As the name implies floorstanding speakers also referred to as tower speakers sit on the floor or an attached outrigger type stand. For example if your speakers have a 3 db low cut off at 55 hz d min 2 18 meters 7 3. Another way to look at this.

Here s why you might want to reconsider. Elevate your music listening experience with this gloss black martinlogan motion series tower speaker. Floor bounce is caused by the sound that bounces off the floor between the listener and the speakers being out of phase at certain frequencies usually between 100 and 300 hz and partially canceling the direct sound causing a dip in the frequency response at those frequencies. All bookshelf speakers suffer from this because the woofer is placed high.

Whatever the reason plenty of people place their audio speakers on the floor. The dual 5 5 inch aluminum cone woofers are low mounted to produce thundering bass while reducing floor bounce and the folded motion tweeter ensures the high frequency sounds are clear. The mid network is a 1st order hp followed by a 2nd. Normally they will be three feet or taller and seven inches and up in width.

The dip in response at 300 hz is floor bounce and can be for the most part disregarded. Or maybe you re going for a college chic aesthetic with everything from your mattress to your tv on the floor. A 3 way gives you the opportunity to avoid the interference as mayhem13 mentioned. When is floor bounce a problem.

Elevate your music listening experience with this gloss black martinlogan motion series tower speaker. The woofer crosses to the mid at approximately 350 hz. The dual 5 5 inch aluminum cone woofers are low mounted to produce thundering bass while reducing floor bounce and the folded motion tweeter ensures the high frequency sounds are clear. The sharp suckout at 390 hz is the response with the woofer phase reversed showing good phase correlation between the woofer and midrange drivers.

Maybe you re scared your pets child will knock them down and damage your precious speakers. Depth can vary from about nine inches to two feet. In the listening room the floor bounce overlays the entire orchestra and again the physical size of the speaker controls how diffuse the floor reflection is going to be.