Stacking my Speakers

[Connor1a]

I noticed that the tops of my SVS SB-1000 Pro subs (with added floor stands) are precisely the same height as my Wharfedale Linton speaker stands. Less than an inch or so. Further, the tops are just the right width / length. I’m incredibly tight on floor space for my speakers. Is there any reason that I can’t / shouldn’t stack my Lintons on my SVS subs? The combination is within the weight limitation of the sub stands (< 75#). I really need the floor space… Thanks much!

 

[staticV3]

Is there any reason that I can’t / shouldn’t stack my Lintons on my SVS subs? The combination is within the weight limitation of the sub stands (< 75#). I really need the floor space… Thanks much!

Better bass response may be achieved by placing the subs more freely in the room.

Other than that, as long as you put some felt, foam, or silicone between the two speakers to inhibit vibration transmission, I don't see a reason for concern.

 

[Zek]

Is there any reason that I can’t / shouldn’t stack my Lintons on my SVS subs?

A simple test: Play music with a lot of bass and put your hand on the subwoofer, and if you feel vibrations, it means that those same vibrations would be transmitted to the speaker boxes that would be placed on the subwoofer.

 

[JohnnyAudio]

Speakers are adult LEGO's Have fun.

 

[Chr1]

Indeed. My adult lego...

 

[Clmrt]

 

[DanielT]

If you stack. A possible advantage is if you can run your subs in stereo mode.It will then be like a four-way speaker solution.

It seems that the SVS subs go quite high up in frequency. You can try and see if you like let's say crossover point at 200 Hz, maybe 220 Hz? That on the condition that you have an adjustable crossover, LP-HP, which enables it. I would use a fairly steep crossover in that case.

SVS SB-1000:

SB-1000 Pro Subwoofer | SVS

Sealed cabinet home audio subwoofer punches well above its class with stunning impact and musicality.

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[WillBrink]

Due mostly to space limitations, I'm using two rythmik FM8 subs as speaker stands as they are exactly the same height as the stands I had, which is 24" and puts tweeters dead at ear level in usual listening position. Rythmik advises against doing that for obvious reasons as to issues of placement and such, it works well with base management and DSP via Anthem ARC genesis. Others have done same here. I did put high density foam between them. I think more people use subs to double as speaker stands than they wish to admit.

 

[Chr1]

Same here, but I don't think of it as a bad thing personally.

I want symmetrical, full range stereo (subs) , all as "point source" as possible, so below mains is good, tweeter at ear height.
Deal with any consequences as best I can via DSP and room treatment. Works well for me.

 

[AaronJ]

I have my Revel M106's stacked on top of my B&W ASW608 subs with a short 12" speaker stand in between. All are stuck together with a few pieces of Blu-tack. You might wonder why I wouldn't just sell the whole thing and get some floor standers, and I've also been wondering the same thing. Not wanting to commit to anything quite yet because we might move in the next year or two. I use Dirac Live and don't listen very loud so I haven't noticed any issues with resonances.