Buy the best speaker stands you can afford!

Towersonic filled with Plaster of Paris for my ATCs here, very happy with them!

 

Same here. It also keeps the speakers from falling off!

 

Parisian pride!

 

Indeed.

Use Sorbothane pads for decoupling here, but you MUST get the right thickness and durometer and make sure the weight distribution is even, for them to work as intended. There's a calculation you can do to find the right ones, but can't remember it off the top of my head, as they were set up nearly two years ago. Loads more info in this GS thread:

An inexpensive speaker tweak that works! - Gearslutz Pro Audio Community »

 

Kinda looks like the old Von Schweikert speakers. Nice job.

 

Thanks so much for the compliment, the beauty of these is, you can make them any size you want for next to nothing and they are solid as a rock!

 

If I ever have any money, I won't be buying stands for my bookshelf speakers. I'll be buying Vandersteens!

 

Don't know what your speakers are, but with the extra bass good stands can bring, you may not need to.

 

DynAudio actually makes some decent looking stands, but they are beyond my budget and are too short anyway. I'm looking for 30 inches or just above.

So far I'm considering the Sanus Natural Series and the TransDeco 32" stands.

 

I just sold my Vandersteen 3A Signatures, I had those speakers for a long time, custom Walnut end caps, they were nice looking speakers, but they were really anemic on the low end. I remember saying that to Richard and his replay, well, it's only a $3,500.00 speaker!

 

Never heard those, but I fondly remember a friend's 2C's that had plenty of low end. I could probably find them for cheap on eBay today.

 

Ok, that Sanus model is junk. The other ones have glass, which is not something you want on speaker stands. I take it you're looking in the $100.00 range, which honestly isn't going to get you the best quality, but I understand budgets.

You might want check eBay for used stands as a way to get more for your money.

 

for your budget these would be the best-
"Dayton Audio SSMB24 24" Speaker Stand Pair Square Steel Base" from www.parts-express.com! »

 

I could go up to approx. $200, but I know that's still not a lot in the audio world.

 

when you order the skylans it brings the price to near 200 with the exchange to cad $

 

As a loudspeaker engineer, speaker stands bug me as a waste of what could have been additional cabinet volume for additional bass extension. And even the fanciest ones are not really attractive to any normal people. AND, I've often said you can end up spending MORE for the whole package than if you had stepped up to tower speakers in the first place.

Now having said that, I saw at T.H.E. Show this past weekend that at higher price points, the step from bookshelf to floor stander is sometimes huge. At the opposite end of the spectrum, though, were a couple of demos with very inexpensive stands. "Craigslist! $25!"

Acoustically I'd have to vote for either wood, or if metal than filled with some kind of damping. Sand. Metal shot? I dunno about that. Jello or Flan, mmmm...

I did also see the Aurum Cantus room, which features stands integrated in design and price. Now those actually looked quite nice.

 

The Sanus Natural Series stands frankly stink. They're made from recycled used pizza boxes or something similarly cheap and lightweight, and resonate badly.

 

Damn, these Atacama stands look pretty nice for the price but UK shipping only.

 

Speaker stand height question for everyone. I need some stands for my appx. 16lb. Peachtree D5 speakers, but because my listening room doubles as my computer room, I need taller stands in order to put the tweeters at about ear height, about 39"-40" stands. Any issues or sound concerns using stands this tall?

 

I had to build my own speaker stands because I couldn't find ones tall enough to fit my needs and my speakers were too heavy to mount on the wall. I found everything I needed at Home Depot. They worked great.

 

Built my own to save money. Didn't work out that way. Parts alone came to $70 without factoring labor. While nice, next time I'll buy.

 

Agree about tower spkrs. Stand mounts occupy virtually the same space. Couple that with problems integrating a sub, towers are my choice.

 

You can buy those from dealers that will ship to the US such as www.audioaffair.co.uk

 

As long as the stands are solid and don't sway, etc. you'll be fine.