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Could Be The Boxes You're Using For Speaker Stands!

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I just purchased a pair of B&W 602's, a speaker in a similar class to the Paradigm 20's. When I first set them up I had them on end tables: they sounded terrible. I had some MDF 24" stands in the closet and put the speakers on the stands. Again, they sounded terrible. The stands were singing right along with the speakers. All sorts of distortion. I replaced the MDF stands with 20" of concrete blocks that I had sitting around and the speakers now sound terrific. I plan to buy or build some good quality stands.

If your speakers are sitting on boxes, they could be moving all around as they play and thus creating your problems. Concrete blocks are a cheap and easy experiment.


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