Pangea Speaker Stands Build | DS300, 28 Inch

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Darryl, meant to say, thanks for weighing in on this; was hoping you would since you also have these stands, too.

kevhed72 wrote: »

Awesome write up, as I have been eyiing these stands for awhile. One follow up Q - one a sclae of 1 to 10....how uncomfotable are you with the spike placement and stability with 703 speakers, with 10 being the most uncomfortable. Like you said in your review....the market is pretty thin for decent stands that dont cost a ton. Look fwd. to your reply

I dumped the sand out earlier, however, before doing so, however, I took a few minutes to install the OE spikes with the stands still mass loaded to see how they stand up to the wobble test to get some sense of how tippy they are to be able to better answer @kevhed72's question.

The mass loaded stands without a speaker on top and the spikes installed are actually sturdier than I expected them to be. With a 703 on top, they can be a little more wobbly if you push them them around a little.

I also don't like the receiving threads on the bottom plate. It looks like there are only 2 or 3 threads for each spike. It's cheap construction, imho, considering what they cost. Fine for a small satellite speaker, or if you weren't mass loading, but eh, I'd prefer something more substantial for spike installation.

I'm going to try to describe the tipping point with a few notes and measurements.

With the OE spikes installed and fully threaded in, the baseplate sits about 1" off the floor. With a 703 sitting on the stand, you can rotate the whole setup until the baseplate comes up an additional 1-1/4", for 2-1/4", total off the floor. My trig's a bit rusty, and it's kind of hard to pull proper measurements while balancing the assy and not actually losing a speaker, so I won't try to spew out an angle of rotation calc on this. Essentially, it takes a decent push to get the stand to the tipping point, which I am loosely estimating to take place at around the 1 o'clock position. I can see this happening relatively easily if a person were to be careless nearby, cleaning for instance. Or being accidentally bumped and the speaker toppling off on the rebound.

Without being mass loaded and a 703 on top, I think they would tip sooner since the center of gravity would be higher with only the 703 as part of the system.

I'm still going to make platforms for them to get the spikes moved out to the corners.