I no longer have space for stands but I used to have my Spendor S3/5Rs on Something Solid XF which were perfect.
if i had to do it over i would probably pick the 3 post. i picked the 4 post because it came with 4 dots for speaker isolation, the 3 post version is supplied only with 3 sorbothane dots. they intend you to center the rear dot. this did not sit well with me because the speaker would likely make contact with the metal cross bar at the rear post. this would potentially mar the finish and result in non isolated contact. i did not want to deal with this with a new product. since then i learned through testing that the sorbothane dots sound awful and found an alternative. i would use my own dots and use 4 of them on the 3 post stand. the 3 post stand would be easier to level which i would appreciate. i dont anticipate much difference in sound quality, the construction of these stands is strong enough to support 200x the mass of the speaker. http://soundanchors.com/products/2043/3-post-stands
Townshend Podiums if you can find them 2nd hand for your budget Alternatively anything that isolates from the floor and I think there are similar in the US Massive improvement over spiked into the floor for me
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The best looking by far of all your options. Did you go with all black or with 4 inox/alu looking posts (as in your OP) ?
Good that you didn’t buy Skylan They ruined the sound of my Harbeth M30.1 Sound like dead wood Heavy Steel stands helped, but even IKEA chairs were better (witnessed)
I got the 24” stands. I realized that they offered two different widths, and the larger version is an almost perfect match for the SP3/1R2 cabinet. I dislike bling, so I went with the all-black option, which also happens to be the least expensive. I know that many folks love Skylans, and have no doubt that they are a quality product, but I read several comments like yours, and it gave me pause. I also had a hard time embracing plastic stands. In the end, I wanted to try the typically recommended skeletal frame stands with my BBC-style speakers, but didn’t want to abandon mass loading entirely. Hopefully I made a wise choice.
What works for some won't work for others. The Skylan gear is definitely enjoyed by thousands who'll inevitably disagree with you.
Consider Gig Harbor Audio open-frame stands. They've really caught on with owners of BBC-school monitors. (Full disclosure: they're acquaintances of mine, and super-knowledgeable about the subject.) I've heard Chartwells, Harbeths, Rogers, Spendors etc. on these at GHA -- always sounded incredible. Like live music. (I'm a bit of an agnostic about cables and stands; but when I get my next pair of LS3/5A-type monitors, I'll be ordering a set of their stands, just to get the speakers up to the proper height.) GHA Custom speaker stands — Gig Harbor Audio Edit: apologies, didn't see you'd already ordered stands. Good listening to you!
No worries, mate. Just a personal finding with two witnesses high enders Everybody is entitled to his own opinion aka hell
Too many variables to understand such discrepancy- speaker position, fill material, fill height (too much deadens the sound as noted in the manual), spikes to floor, floor type, iso dots, proper tension turns on the assembly through rods per instruction manual, etc. The plastic columns filled and under compression from the long studs makes for a very rigid assembly if done correctly. The thick MDF end panels are also very robust. Possibly something was amiss in your application especially since chairs sounded the best. Shown below was my setup with the Harbeth C7ES3 and they sounded phenomenal in every way.
Nope, the very heavy old Celestion stands sounded best. Heavier than the Harbeth. I said the IKEA chairs sounded better than the Skylan plastic array. The stands were not filled though. Sold for more than I paid ...
