I tested my silver Phantoms with four pairs of stands.
I found out that they completely ignore the material of the stands. They sound exactly the same if they are put on top of a fragile glass stand or a heavy wooden stand as long as the stands don't 'sing' themselves.
But I had to find out that they do not play very well on top of stands with standard height of about 80cms. My guess is that this is due to the fact that mid and treble drivers are tilted upwards. They play best on my pair of 60cm stands that usually are too low for standard speakers.
And as every other speaker they like space. Place them at least 50cm away from the back wall to get a precise bass performance. Grant them a meter and they will thank you with even more stable bass performance.
I also found out that turning them in in a way that the sweetspot is a little behind the listener gives the best soundstage. A superb soundstage I have to add.
I found out that they completely ignore the material of the stands. They sound exactly the same if they are put on top of a fragile glass stand or a heavy wooden stand as long as the stands don't 'sing' themselves.
But I had to find out that they do not play very well on top of stands with standard height of about 80cms. My guess is that this is due to the fact that mid and treble drivers are tilted upwards. They play best on my pair of 60cm stands that usually are too low for standard speakers.
And as every other speaker they like space. Place them at least 50cm away from the back wall to get a precise bass performance. Grant them a meter and they will thank you with even more stable bass performance.
I also found out that turning them in in a way that the sweetspot is a little behind the listener gives the best soundstage. A superb soundstage I have to add.
