Yorkville Unity - Listening Height

jdubs · 26th March 2009, 02:12 AM

Hey Guys

I have a pair of Yorkville Unity Horns, currently on the floor in my listening space.

http://www.yorkville.com/products.as...&cat=38&id=254

I'd like to either diy or buy some stands for them to get them up to the best height, assuming I'm seated at my couch (puts my ears at ~40"). I had read that you want ear level at the point between the woofer and the horn. For the Yorkvilles this would make the height of the stands ~23-24" as the midpoint between the woofer and the horn section is 16.5" from the ground.

Does this logic sound reasonable?

Thanks in advance, guys!

Jim

dwk123 · 26th March 2009, 02:53 AM

Personally, I listen with my ears level with the midpoint of the horn (i.e. right on the tweeter axis). IMHO this seems most natural, as it puts you in the most even response location. If you are much below or above, the power response will be brighter than the direct sound. I guess this may be a good thing depending on your environment, though.

planet10 · 26th March 2009, 03:03 AM

With the Unity, you don't have a tweeter, you have a "compound mid-tweeter". IIRC XO is at ~300 Hz. Given that you want to be looking right into the middle of the horn.

Have you removed the grills?

dave

jdubs · 26th March 2009, 03:31 AM

I appreciate the input guys. My thinking with the halfway between the horn section and the woofer was based on a comment made by Earl Geddes regarding his speakers, which, I see some similarity with the Unitys.

Dave, the first thing I did was remove the grills!

Jim

26th March 2009, 02:12 AM	#1
jdubs diyAudio Member Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: NYC	Yorkville Unity - Listening Height Hey Guys I have a pair of Yorkville Unity Horns, currently on the floor in my listening space. http://www.yorkville.com/products.as...&cat=38&id=254 I'd like to either diy or buy some stands for them to get them up to the best height, assuming I'm seated at my couch (puts my ears at ~40"). I had read that you want ear level at the point between the woofer and the horn. For the Yorkvilles this would make the height of the stands ~23-24" as the midpoint between the woofer and the horn section is 16.5" from the ground. Does this logic sound reasonable? Thanks in advance, guys! Jim

26th March 2009, 03:03 AM	#3
planet10 frugal-phile(tm) diyAudio Moderator Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Victoria, BC, NA, Sol III Blog Entries: 4	With the Unity, you don't have a tweeter, you have a "compound mid-tweeter". IIRC XO is at ~300 Hz. Given that you want to be looking right into the middle of the horn. Have you removed the grills? dave __________________ community sites t-linespeakers.org, frugal-horn.com ........ commercial site planet10-HiFi p10-hifi forum here at diyA

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26th March 2009, 02:53 AM	#2
dwk123 diyAudio Member Join Date: Feb 2002	Personally, I listen with my ears level with the midpoint of the horn (i.e. right on the tweeter axis). IMHO this seems most natural, as it puts you in the most even response location. If you are much below or above, the power response will be brighter than the direct sound. I guess this may be a good thing depending on your environment, though.

26th March 2009, 03:31 AM	#4
jdubs diyAudio Member Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: NYC	I appreciate the input guys. My thinking with the halfway between the horn section and the woofer was based on a comment made by Earl Geddes regarding his speakers, which, I see some similarity with the Unitys. Dave, the first thing I did was remove the grills! Jim

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