Placing KHorns 3' above ground... Bad idea?

[fgarib]

Hello all,

I have a wonderful living room / drawing room area in our new house.. And it's slowly and slowly and steadily getting very nicely done up also.

Now I'm going to try to explain the setup as it is, because I have a unique idea about the placement of the Khorns.

The room itself is approximately 30' long and 13.5' wide, with a wonderful full-width nice cut into the short wall on one end. Now this niche starts at a height of almost 3' from the ground and goes further into the wall for another 4-5 feet. So, in short, the dimensions of the niche in question are 13.5 ' wide x 4-5' deep x about 7 or 8 ' tall.

My idea is to put the Khorns in there. Now the speaker would already be starting at 3' off the ground, and the squawker is at 3.5 ' (am i correct?), so that would put the level of the highs coming out at 6.5 ft. So, unless a really tall person is standing, that would probably be too high for anyone's ears and thus really hurt the imaging for any sort of critical listening.

My question is, because of the depth of the room, could this be worth trying?

Any input is highly appreciated..as always.

REgards,

Fauzi

[CaptnBob]

Interesting idea, but probably not your best choice - Mr. Klipsch was pretty adamant about putting the horns on the floor in the corner - other placements would seriously degrade bass performance. But, give it a try, If you don't like it, you can always move them out.

[Guest " "]

K-horns 3' off the ground....might sound normal if they were up-side-down (seems to be a need for a full corner).

[fgarib]

Upside down! Waaaait a minute... would that work? That sounds actually like a perfect idea, if speakerfritz wasn't kidding.

Would that effect the sound at all?

Fauzi

[Guest " "]

I was not kidding....I'm thinking you need a full corner...which in my mind includes the floor...the ceiling can provide the floor element.

I read a post about some double stacked K-horns...but it was not clear if the stacked ones were upside down....if they were...imagine a set of double stacked k-horns...and both have the advantage of a full corner (walls and floor and ceiling and floor).

[ZAKO]

I guess you want ketchup with that. ....So what is the audio advantage with elevating the khorn? ....NONE.

[artto]

Mister Wizard................................

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[DrWho]

Well since it's free (minus labor) I would give it a try so you can

hear it for yourself. The 4-5 foot depth will actually be big enough

to finish the flare of the bass horn, but the 3 foot distance to the

floor and 5 foot distance to the cieling will cause boundary

cancellation (a 3dB suckout) at 94Hz and 56Hz respectively. And that is

in addition to the inherant fundamental room mode at 47Hz from the

height of the room, which will cause a signal anywhere between +6 dB

and -Infinity dB depending on where you're sitting in the room (and at

all harmonics, so 47, 94, 188, etc etc...)

Another thing to keep in mind is that putting the speakers back in this

nook puts the sweet spot a distance of 7 feet from the wall the

speakers are on - or about 3-4 feet from the beginning of the nook. I'm

not sure if you want to be sitting that close to the front.

I like Maron's viewpoint on the situation...there really isn't anything to be gained.

I know you're posting this in 2-channel, but one thing you might

consider is to turn this nook into a cool theatre look with curtains,

an inset screen, and crazy subwoofage hidden by the curtains (tis an

awesome situation for an IB subwoofer). And even if you're only doing

2-channel listening I'd argue you still need a subwoofer - depending on

the kind of music you listen to.