L100A brilliance and presence setting help

[BMWCCA]

I trust you realize how old this thread is?!

Judging from the foilcal on the later L100, sideways is preferred on a shelf. That's the typical position for the 4412A monitors, too, which are similar in layout and size, and intended for shelf mount. Outboard or inboard placement of the tweeters will depend on room size and separation distance.

[Mr. Widget]

My L100 Century's are moving to a new place in the house, specifically on some built in book shelves. Is there any harm laying them on their side so the Woofer, tweeter are about ear level.

Harm?

They will certainly sound different. You might like them even better or you might be disappointed. There is only one way to find out.

This type of placement was certainly anticipated by the designers as it was the preferred look back in the '70s, that said I don't think they were particularly optimized for either horizontal or vertical placement, or free standing vs. stuck in a cabinet.


Widget