To bring this forum back to life, I have a question! I recently replaced my broken 27" tv with a 20" JVC model. With the 27" set my center speaker was perfectly level on the top. With the new set the speaker is angled downward at about 10 degrees. When seated in the sweet spot I can see the top of the speaker and the tweeter is more inline with my stomach. Should I bother trying to make some kind of wedge/shim to level it out, or is this not really a big deal? Anything I put under the speaker would look obvious.

Thanks!

P.S. I found this link showing the center speaker I have: http://htmg.videogon.com/cgi-bin/buy_cl.pl?spkrcent&1095710941

[This message has been edited by Cadboy (edited August 03, 2004).]

One could ask technical questions such as, “Are the listeners ears within the vertical angle considered ‘flat’ for this speaker?” (Likely 10 degrees is certainly OK.) Or . . .

One could sit at the listening position, listening to familiar source material while someone else standing behind the TV changes the angle of the speaker back-and-forth toward being level and ask yourself, “Did that make enough of a difference to warrant adding a wedge?” Modified by: “Will the 20-inch TV be used short-term or long-term?”

In my household, short-term has a bad habit of becoming long-term. I would like to think of it as a stop-gap set, but being the sole provider for my wife and two kids, all of whom start school in three weeks(my wife in pre-nursing school classes and the kids in private school)can put a huge strain on daily living expenses. I am counting the months until my wife can start to work and actually bring some financial breathing room home(and for her, some sanity from the rigors of full time motherhood). Aside from that, the speaker in question does not state a reference axis window, only +/- 3db from 75hz to 23khz. I had to look it up on B&W's website as I don't have the manual.

i wouldnt bother with it.

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Yeah, my thought as well. Sometimes I actually sit on the floor in front of the loveseat that faces the system, so this may provide better positioning for those occasions. Thanks for the responses fellas!