Lsi9 owners: how tall are your speaker stands?

Norm Apter
Norm Apter Posts: 1,036
edited November 2010 in Speakers
I still don't have a proper pair of speaker stands. Its my understanding that the tweeter should be ear level at listening position, so of course that height will vary from person to person based on personal height as well as the height of the chair/couch one has designated as a listening position. That said, I just wanted to get a sense of the height (range) most people here settled on. Moreover, maybe some people try to accomodate a flexible listening situation in which one isn't always fixed in the ideal listening position.

If your stands are lower than 22 inches or higher than 36 inches, please let us know the height.
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  • leroyjr1
    leroyjr1 Posts: 8,785
    edited November 2010
    With my lsi 9's I had I was using 36 inch stands.
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  • Norm Apter
    Norm Apter Posts: 1,036
    edited November 2010
    leroyjr1 wrote: »
    With my lsi 9's I had I was using 36 inch stands.

    Your post made me think of something that I should have stated more clearly in my opening description: I hope that former Lsi9 owners will vote/comment as well.
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    Parasound Halo A23 Amp
    Parasound Halo P3 Preamp
    Parasound Halo T3 Tuner
    Bada HD22SE tube CD Player
    Magnum Dynalab Signal Sleuth
    Magnum Dynalab ST-2 antenna
    polkaudio Lsi9s (upgraded cross-overs)
    MIT Shotgun S-3 Bi-wire Interface Speaker Cables
    MIT Shotgun S-3 Interconnects (3)
    IegO L70530 Power cords (3)

    HT
    Denon 2808ci AVR
    polkaudio RTi A5s (fronts)
    polkaudio RTi A1s (rears)
    polkaudio Csi A6 (center)
    Signal Cable Ultra Speaker Cables
    Signal Cable Analog II Interconnects
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  • benjamin21open
    benjamin21open Posts: 3
    edited November 2010
    I was using 39 inch stands to.
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  • kawizx9r
    kawizx9r Posts: 5,150
    edited November 2010
    Not 9's but I had my LSi7's on 33" stands.

    Don't know why anyone would want anymore than 6" above or below ear-level. Can't imagine it sounding anywhere near as good as it does when it is near ear-level.

    Edit: I can't vote for 33" :eek:
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  • Norm Apter
    Norm Apter Posts: 1,036
    edited November 2010
    kawizx9r wrote: »
    Edit: I can't vote for 33" :eek:

    Oops...sorry about that. Most of the stands I've checked out online seem to come in intervals of even inches, so I didn't think it through before making the polll. Oh well, thanks for letting me know.
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    Parasound Halo A23 Amp
    Parasound Halo P3 Preamp
    Parasound Halo T3 Tuner
    Bada HD22SE tube CD Player
    Magnum Dynalab Signal Sleuth
    Magnum Dynalab ST-2 antenna
    polkaudio Lsi9s (upgraded cross-overs)
    MIT Shotgun S-3 Bi-wire Interface Speaker Cables
    MIT Shotgun S-3 Interconnects (3)
    IegO L70530 Power cords (3)

    HT
    Denon 2808ci AVR
    polkaudio RTi A5s (fronts)
    polkaudio RTi A1s (rears)
    polkaudio Csi A6 (center)
    Signal Cable Ultra Speaker Cables
    Signal Cable Analog II Interconnects
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  • resperc
    resperc Posts: 41
    edited November 2010
    they are 28, but I wish they were slightly shorter, 26 perhaps
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  • dorokusai
    dorokusai Posts: 25,577
    edited November 2010
    Adjustable from 24 to 28.
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  • Toxis
    Toxis Posts: 5,116
    edited November 2010
    Sanus UF-26 filled with 20lbs of shot for the fronts, NF-36 to my rears.
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  • jkrepner
    jkrepner Posts: 21
    edited November 2010
    What do you guys think of the Bowers Wilkens 24" stands? I saw some at the shop where I bought my LSI9's. This is the best picture I can find:
    http://www.bestbuy.com/site/Bowers+%26+Wilkins+-+24%22+Universal+Speaker+Stands+%28Pair%29/1502082.p?id=1218264251967&skuId=1502082&st=Bowers%20&%20Wilkins%20MM&contract_desc=null

    I was hoping to go taller than 24" but as we go up in size we go up in price and down in stability since these speakers aren't light. I'm about 12' feet back and my ear is about 36" from the floor. 24" stands would get the tweeter to about 31"-32" from the ground. Would that do it?

    Thanks
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  • dorokusai
    dorokusai Posts: 25,577
    edited November 2010
    I use Usher Audio stands for mine. No, reason to not look elsewhere and beyond the usual Sanus recommendations.
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  • jkrepner
    jkrepner Posts: 21
    edited November 2010
    Ooh, nice! These? What finish?

    http://www.usheraudiousa.com/products/accessories/rws-708-speaker-stand

    Might be a bit of stretch for me at the moment though. I still need mo' amps.
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  • dorokusai
    dorokusai Posts: 25,577
    edited November 2010
    Yes, in cherry but nobody pays MSRP. They've had two versions historically and I wish I kept the even more hardcore, older version...but they still work very nicely. If you go thru speakers, even more than twice every couple years, get adjustable stands. Be smarter than the average audiophile.
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  • !Jeremy
    !Jeremy Posts: 17
    edited November 2010
    30" stands here which puts the tweeter at ear level when sitting.
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  • Erik Tracy
    Erik Tracy Posts: 4,673
    edited November 2010
    !Jeremy wrote: »
    30" stands here which puts the tweeter at ear level when sitting.

    Slouching for relaxed listening or sitting up straight for serious listening? :biggrin::wink:

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