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Thanks for all the replies.

So in this bad situation I need to find a compromise. I would have to
buy the coffee tables or else I'd just set it up and listen. Would the
bass driver's relation to the floor totally ruin the sound? The way I
have it set up at the moment is definately ruining the sound so I
wonder, firstly, if the best compromise would be to have less than
perfect bass colouring in order to have a sweet spot I actually sit in.
Or is it really a case of floorstanding speakers being designed so
differently that they sound awful when placed in a non-optimal
position?

Sorry for the slightly flippant reply last time...

I doubt that raising the bass units further from the floor than designed
will be as disastrous as hiding the tweeters below a desk. Scrounge
some bricks/ breezeblocks / even piles of books and give it a go. If it
works then look at something more permanent. A local engineering shop
could probably make up some suitable steel frames..

One alternative to consider. Buy a decent set of headphones to use when
sat at the PC. Maybe a pair of Senheisser wireless ones ?

T.

Jo's reply was what I was thinking could be an answer. In that case
I'd either use the coffee tables or keep it the same (depending on the
answer to the previous questions) until I could get the money / time to
build a couple of heavy boxes.

Again, I will greatly appreciate any further response.