From: rabbitsfriendsandrelations@removethishotmail.com   
      
   Arny Krueger wrote:   
   >   
   > I hesitate to elevate speakers that were designed to be floor standers.   
   >   
   > The lowest octave response of speakers is designed for aq certain space that   
   > they work into. Some speakers are desgned for what is known as a half-space,   
   > such as on a wall or in the middle of a floor. Others are designed for a   
   > quarter-space such as the middle of a corner or near a floor or a ceiling. A   
   > few speakers are designed for use in either a full space - suspended in the   
   > middle of free space or an eigth-space which would be in a corner at the   
   > floor or the ceiling.  Using a speaker in a space other than the one that it   
   > was properly designed can reasonably be expected to produce incorrect bass   
   > response.   
      
   You hit the nail on the head, however I doubt that more than a tiny   
   fraction of users understand the 'space' issue, e.g.   
      
   http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Half_space   
      
      
   Graham   
      
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