[mresseguie]

Hello mresseguie

How did you place the Gaia II under the speakers? Are they screwed directly under the speakers? 
If I replaced the Gaia with the current spikes on the Daedalus base, I would achieve a further lowering of the speakers, which would create an alignment problem between my ears and the tweeters. Besides the fact that I don't know if this is feasible, do you happen to know what thread pitch the Soundcity tips on the Daedalus base have?

Thanks for your input.

Regards, Dario

Dario,

It's been years since I installed the Gaia II, so I don't recall if I used adapters or not. I also don't know the pitch. Why don't you address your questions to Lou Hinkley? He's very helpful.

[Wabird]

Hello,
 I have a pair of Athenas and the brass insert threads are 1/4 x 20
I would presume metric would be a special request.

[Ulisse60]

Dario,

It's been years since I installed the Gaia II, so I don't recall if I used adapters or not. I also don't know the pitch. Why don't you address your questions to Lou Hinkley? He's very helpful.

Thank you Mresseguie for your reply.

I will ask Lou directly for some suggestions, because the idea of taking the Ulysses down from the stands without certainty of installing the Gaia, with the risks of moving the speakers, discourages me from doing it without assurance of a successful replacement with the Gaia. Moreover, there is still the situation of further lowering the speakers, which goes against the logic of raising the tweeters a bit to better align them with ear level...

Best regards, Dario

[Early B.]

Moreover, there is still the situation of further lowering the speakers, which goes against the logic of raising the tweeters a bit to better align them with ear level...

Don't place too much emphasis on aligning the tweeter at ear level. That's a consideration during the speaker design process, but it's neither practical nor necessary in a typical listening environment, given the myriad of other more relevant factors, such as room acoustics, speaker positioning, speaker angle/tilt, driver dispersion and directivity, etc.

[Tone Depth]

The acoustics in my untreated multi-purpose family room are suboptimal, first-reflections probably smear the soundstage image, and the ceiling is asymmetrically vaulted. When my monitor speaker tweeters are aimed laterally and vertically directly at my ears, I experience the best soundstage at my single listening location.

Multiple people, though, simultaneously experience differences in the lateral soundstage, which therefore is neither listener-friendly nor beneficial to our hobby. The best solution for my situation, is to aim the left speaker at the center of the left seat on a three-seat sofa and aim the right speaker at the center of the right seat. This gives a relatively stable soundstage across the width of the sofa.

I also have listened intently with several vertical height positions of the speakers above the floor. My prior speakers were balanced on the mantle of our fireplace, which gave standing people a better vertical soundstage, great for parties, but seated people a diminished vertical soundstage. Positioning my present monitor speakers about 6" below ear height while seated, and pulled out from the front wall, improved the mid-range floor reflections off a thick carpet over a tile floor. There wasn't noticeable height to the soundstage. Positioning my monitor tweeters at seated ear level, and only 6" away from the front wall, gives the best vertical soundstage for my room.

[Ulisse60]

Don't place too much emphasis on aligning the tweeter at ear level. That's a consideration during the speaker design process, but it's neither practical nor necessary in a typical listening environment, given the myriad of other more relevant factors, such as room acoustics, speaker positioning, speaker angle/tilt, driver dispersion and directivity, etc.

Hi Early B.

I agree with you that there are numerous variables that affect the final listening sound result, but I notice that if I lower myself a bit, sinking into the armchair, and have the tweeters more aligned with my ears, the listening result improves, with more information and detail without aggressiveness. The Ulysses speakers are very natural, and overall it satisfies me. 
The factor that affects it by increasing the perception of a slight loss of quality in the upper mids is near-field listening. My ears are about 190 cm, that is 6 and a half feet from the tweeters, and the directivity takes away some highs if I remain properly seated.
If I could raise the speakers by a few centimeters, about 3-5, I would have a better sound presentation. In theory, I could place marble bases under the Daedalus 2 stands that would maintain stability and give me that small useful height increase. However, I wouldn't want to put too many 'layers of objects' of different kinds between the speakers and the floor, which is why I was asking if any users have placed elements to slightly raise the speakers with good results.

best regards Dario

[Ulisse60]

The acoustics in my untreated multi-purpose family room are suboptimal, first-reflections probably smear the soundstage image, and the ceiling is asymmetrically vaulted. When my monitor speaker tweeters are aimed laterally and vertically directly at my ears, I experience the best soundstage at my single listening location.

Multiple people, though, simultaneously experience differences in the lateral soundstage, which therefore is neither listener-friendly nor beneficial to our hobby. The best solution for my situation, is to aim the left speaker at the center of the left seat on a three-seat sofa and aim the right speaker at the center of the right seat. This gives a relatively stable soundstage across the width of the sofa.

I also have listened intently with several vertical height positions of the speakers above the floor. My prior speakers were balanced on the mantle of our fireplace, which gave standing people a better vertical soundstage, great for parties, but seated people a diminished vertical soundstage. Positioning my present monitor speakers about 6" below ear height while seated, and pulled out from the front wall, improved the mid-range floor reflections off a thick carpet over a tile floor. There wasn't noticeable height to the soundstage. Positioning my monitor tweeters at seated ear level, and only 6" away from the front wall, gives the best vertical soundstage for my room.

Hi Tone Depth

as I mentioned in other posts, my space is small, dedicated, and quite well set up, symmetrical and partially treated, but listening to the Ulysses at only 190 cm from my head makes me feel an incorrect position relative to the tweeters, which are lower than the target I consider more consistent with my seating and listening. 
Every situation and environment is its own world; it's normal for there to be spots that are a bit wider or narrower, and in my case, only one person has an optimal listening position for the stereo presentation. I made a slight adjustment, and there is a point where my listening is consistent and rewarding, both in terms of stage presentation and overall timbre and frequencies. The only issue is a slight loss of focus in the tweeters' output, which I would like to optimize with a slight raise of the speakers, and I am trying to figure out how to proceed...

best regards Dario