Yes, exactly at ear level. The 81s tweets were too high.
Forgot to mention: On the drive to pick them up I told my wife that one of the fundamental laws of the universe will dictate that the Belles would be in a basement. Yup. Now I'm 62 years old, 5'9" and weigh a buck eighty, but with the seller on the top end and me on the bottom we got them out. Glad my basement has a nice wide door going into the garage.
Also forgot to mention: Of course I had to Make sure I could drive the Belles at a decent volume. I knew they were fine when the wife ran downstairs saying the heat registers in the floor were jumping.
Yes RTR forever. The one in the pic is a Pioneer RT-707. I've got an RT-909 in my HT room. Analog rules!
Hey Mookie: Eyes are open!