tmtomh
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When I close my eyes and point to the height where I think the singer is in the center of the soundstage image, I always point to a spot that's somewhere in the range of 6-10" above the center of my speakers' mid/treble drivers (I have Genelec 8351b's so they're coaxial). I find I can get that perceived height to move slightly by tilting the speakers up or down a bit, but only slightly, like maybe 2-4" or so.
I have had much taller speakers, with multiple mid and tweeter drivers mounted at well above my seated ear height on the speaker baffle, and those sounded a little taller when I closed my eyes and pointed - but I found that (a) the perceived height increase was only a few inches, less than the actual physical difference in driver mounting height; and (b) I am impressed by a taller perceived soundstage... for about 5-10 minutes - after that I find it physically uncomfortable to have to keep looking slightly up in order to face the perceived height of the singer. For day-to-day extended listening I prefer the perceived height of most of the vocals and instruments to be just slightly above my eye level when I'm comfortably seated.
YMMV of course.
I have had much taller speakers, with multiple mid and tweeter drivers mounted at well above my seated ear height on the speaker baffle, and those sounded a little taller when I closed my eyes and pointed - but I found that (a) the perceived height increase was only a few inches, less than the actual physical difference in driver mounting height; and (b) I am impressed by a taller perceived soundstage... for about 5-10 minutes - after that I find it physically uncomfortable to have to keep looking slightly up in order to face the perceived height of the singer. For day-to-day extended listening I prefer the perceived height of most of the vocals and instruments to be just slightly above my eye level when I'm comfortably seated.
YMMV of course.