ericedelman Posted March 17, 2018 Share Posted March 17, 2018 I just picked up a set of Cornwalls and am planning to unbox them tonight. We have hardwood floors over a plywood subfloor over a concrete slab. Should the Cornwalls sit directly on the floor, or am I supposed to put something under them like a piece of carpet or a rubber mat? Thank you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Schu Posted March 17, 2018 Share Posted March 17, 2018 On the floor unless you are trying to keep your floors from being scratched and damaged. You should probably invest in a rug or remnant pieces of carpet to place in front of each speaker... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garyrc Posted March 17, 2018 Share Posted March 17, 2018 2 hours ago, Schu said: On the floor unless you are trying to keep your floors from being scratched and damaged. You should probably invest in a rug or remnant pieces of carpet to place in front of each speaker... Welcome to the forum! I agree with Schu. The pieces of carpet (or area rugs, or throw rugs) should be put on the floor at the point where the sound from the tweeter & midrange bounces off the floor and hits your ears when you are seated in the Main Listening Location. To locate this point (area), you can temporarily lay a mirror flat on the floor, sit in the MLL, and have someone move the mirror around, still flat on the floor. When you can see a speaker in the mirror (or at least a midrange/tweeter area when seated the way you will be when listening, without leaning forward) , the mirror's location is where to put the area rug. For multiple listeners, repeat for each position. Some people have advocated doing the same for the side walls, but a few experts are now questioning this, thinking it can be overkill. You can always start without wall absorbers, and see how it sounds. If the Cornwalls sit flat on the floor, without rocking back and forth at all, you don't need anything under them. That sounds like a good, firm floor. According to an ancient Stereo Review magazine article, some sound rooms suffer from bass loss due to a flimsy floor. You won't have that problem! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YK Thom Posted March 18, 2018 Share Posted March 18, 2018 We have hardwood floors in our listening/TV/living room. We have a large Persian style carpet (11x7), that goes from the edge of the couch right to the speakers. Works like a charm and looks nice to boot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hsosdrummer Posted March 20, 2018 Share Posted March 20, 2018 On 3/17/2018 at 3:30 PM, garyrc said: I agree with Schu. The pieces of carpet (or area rugs, or throw rugs) should be put on the floor at the point where the sound from the tweeter & midrange bounces off the floor and hits your ears when you are seated in the Main Listening Location. To locate this point (area), you can temporarily lay a mirror flat on the floor, sit in the MLL, and have someone move the mirror around, still flat on the floor. When you can see a speaker in the mirror (or at least a midrange/tweeter area when seated the way you will be when listening, without leaning forward) , the mirror's location is where to put the area rug. For multiple listeners, repeat for each position. Some people have advocated doing the same for the side walls, but a few experts are now questioning this, thinking it can be overkill. You can always start without wall absorbers, and see how it sounds. Diffusers placed in the sidewall 1st-reflection locations will usually produce better-sounding results than absorbers will. However, if the room is fairly reflective, absorbers will likely improve things over doing nothing at all. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dbomberger Posted March 24, 2018 Share Posted March 24, 2018 We live in Arizona where there are many tiled areas including our living room where my Cornwalls reside. They have been sitting on the tile but we have a large oriental rug that is less than a foot away from the bottom of each speaker. As they are angled in a bit because of furniture as close as 2 inches, as far as 6-8 inches. I think they sound great (but what else would I think?). Good luck, I'm sure you'll enjoy them. I recently had to decide between my Chorus II's and Cornwalls when I retired and downsized-for me that was a very tough decision. Del Bomberger 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
svberger Posted March 25, 2018 Share Posted March 25, 2018 No issues here Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
558 Posted March 28, 2018 Share Posted March 28, 2018 You would get real good bass. I like the wood floors for my sound system. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LAB3 Posted April 23, 2018 Share Posted April 23, 2018 Try them both ways to find out if they sound different. Mine have been on carpet from day one (1979) I am curious if you can hear any difference. Welcome to the Cornwall Club :-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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