Okeeeeyyyy.. This may be the most stupid question you have heard all week...

[Delta]

Here goes...

Does it effect the sound if you lay a monitor on its side?

Got new KRK's and they will only fit on my shelf if i lay them on their side.

My gut says it wont effect the sound one bit, but i thought id check first.

[assemblyworker]

Yes it will is this nice simple answer.

[Delta]

Really? Okay... Looks like i'll be needing some stands

Nice one dude

[Wilshy]

Some people like having monitors that way, it keeps all the frequencies at the same level.

You will often see monitors on their side in proper studios.

It's like anything, if you learn it and it sounds good to you then go with it. I couldn't really tell a difference when I had my KRKs sideways or upright.

[mattrick]

the most important thing is where the tweeters are in relation to your ears; they should be level. my genelecs are on their side for this reason.

also make sure the tweeters are on the outside so you get a wider stereo field.

[djneils]

sorry cant help it...


it'll prob hurt your neck after a while

[overdose]

sorry cant help it...


it'll prob hurt your neck after a while

hahahaha you funny fecker lol

[Shiva]

the most important thing is where the tweeters are in relation to your ears; they should be level.

this

[Delta]

Nice one folks. Ended up getting the Rokit 6's so will not be a problem standing them upright.

Thanks again

[Macc]

It's important to a fair degree - the manufacturer makes things the way they are in order to create a time-coherent signal. Having things aligned in the way they were intended means all signals arrive at the same time. Changing that means you are effectively delaying the tweeters by a certain amount. It might give you a wider stereo image, but that's not necessarily a good thing - you want an accurate stereo image.

Perhaps more importantly the dispersion pattern that was in the vertical plane is now in the horizontal plane, and speakers are made with different dispersion patterns. The K+H O300 that I use are made to be mounted horizontally, with a deliberately narrow vertical dispersion pattern. See here at the bottom. This is done in order to minimize reflections off of the mixing desk, and give a good image/representation in all horizontal positions as you slide about in front of your 2000 channel mixing desk Thing is that when you stand up you can very clearly hear things change - mounting them vertically would reduce my sweet spot a lot (unless I was moving up and down instead of fwd/bwd/l/r).


BTW Not all speakers are made to have the tweeters at ear level for similar reasons; PMC make theirs with the tweeters intended to be 13 (? 15?) degrees above the ear. That's where the signals areintended to meet, and so where you shold aim to be.

I had a GREAT diagram that shows all this very clearly, but I can't find it now

I'd always stick with what the manufacturer says, but to be honest it's not a huge concern unless you're pretty anal. Ahem.