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Post by zippy on Apr 22, 2015 18:43:56 GMT
From what I read, the actual amount of movement of the speaker cones is so small (maybe bass drivers excepted) that even an iron girder fixed in concrete won't stop them moving that much.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 22, 2015 23:11:05 GMT
I came across some bespoke stands by Townsend at a minor Hifi show in Brighton last year which cost a mighty £1000 per pair where he argues that speakers should be suspended off the floor and allowed to move freely which in-turn stops vibration.
I didn't get a chance to hear the difference but he had a pair of floor standing speakers sitting on his bespoke stands, I would be interested in hearing them but at £1000 per pair it just seems a bit too much for my liking!
Paul.
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Post by stanleyb on Apr 23, 2015 8:15:57 GMT
Correct hight is another issue that is often overlooked. After finish building my idea of an equipment rack several years ago, I started designing and buying some of the bits to build a stand as well. I want to be able to adjust the height of my NS1000M. But the cost was getting out of hand and the local timber shop has closed down, and with that I lost access to someone who had the equipment to cut things for me down to the absolute correct size. So I have put it on the back burner for now. I prefer DIY solutions rather than off the shelf ones since I then have to think about the purpose of every nut and bolt so to speak, and how it might or might not affect the sound. But this thread might encourage me to complete this DIY project for the summer.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 23, 2015 13:21:38 GMT
I completely agree. Height makes a huge difference yet many just settle for a default.
The manufacturers guidelines are a good starting point for speaker height as well as placement but they won't always be optimum for each system, room and listener, it's well worth trying different heights. Stands that are well put together and allow adjustment seem to be an obvious gap in the market now you mention it, the only ones that loosely fitted the bill were the Murdaunt Short ones which were effectively made from giant Lego blocks. Of course that meant limited adjustability. There have been some rather poor and unattractive ones from AVF and BTEC but nothing decent that I'm aware of.
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Post by ChrisB on Apr 23, 2015 18:20:00 GMT
These are a rather elegant solution for adjusting height:  |
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Post by Deleted on Apr 24, 2015 18:40:02 GMT
My speakers are (lightly) bolted to my stands. They don't move. Bluetac does the job on a less industrial scale. |
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Post by Deleted on Apr 24, 2015 20:55:43 GMT
It probably does, but when you are supplied with stands, bolts and spacers, threaded Iiserts already fitted in the speakers with a view to mounting them properly, it would be foolish not to.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 25, 2015 8:25:18 GMT
It probably does, but when you are supplied with stands, bolts and spacers, threaded Iiserts already fitted in the speakers with a view to mounting them properly, it would be foolish not to. Yes |
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Post by Nick on Apr 26, 2015 11:25:31 GMT
My speakers don't move a lot either - but the do weigh 85 Kg each !!!!
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