Looking for several suggestions for speaker stands for S20. Someone mentioned Skylan , which seem a little pricey. What other brands have others used or suggest.
I ordered these refurbished S15's for a tiny bedroom rig.
They had little red info toppers that a store display would have, but still had plastic protection film on baffles and were spotless. Well built and imo attractively styled. Love the ability to easily hang on the wall.
I hooked up in den and played a new-to-me electronic cut, "Endless Summer" by The Midnight then moved on to regular demo cuts. There was nothing really good that stood out about the sound except the soundstage width - it extended a few degrees outside the speakers. Mushy low range, thin piano (well, thin everything), not terribly detailed (seemed weird given the ss width), elements bleeding into one another without space between them. Figured they needed to loosen up; so I looped a break-in track and went to bed.
This morning I was most interested to see if piano keys sounded any better. Put on OP's "We Get Requests". Not sure if it was the little break-in period or the "morning effect" or both, but they sounded TONS better - like a completely different speaker. Rounder, more colorful keys, tighter double bass & drums, more coherent, increased depth - but most of all - engaging. Still not extremely detailed and not a lot of space between players, but excellent width and fun to listen to.
Unbelievable value and very listenable. Keepers!
Study: Roon * ProJect Stream Box Ultra & Pre Box S2 * Pass ACA * DH Labs SS Q10 * Brines Folded ML-TQWT RS 40-1354 Audio: PS Audio DirectStream Jr. * Belles 20a * Pass Aleph 30 - Zu Omen DW * Sunfire Sig II - Polk SRS 2.3tl * PSAudio PP3 * MIT S3 Den: Sonore ultraRendu * Cary xCiter * Dayens Menuetto * KEF LS50
I suspect for those who play mostly music and not at insane levels, or requiring subterranean bass depths the Polks (referring to the subwoofer conversation) could do quite well. I just put some Blu-tak as speaker feet and it does really seem to help tighten up things and likely even sharpened the focus of the S15s. Maybe placebo, but whatever. Listening to some Keb Mo at a pretty decent volume and it's all nice and tight.
Cool setup. Which components are those you're running in this system?
If you liked the Blu-tak, you'll probably really enjoy getting some acoustic foam monitor pads. Probably the best bang-for-buck improvement I've made in tabletop/desktop setups. Create adjustable angles, or set up flat if you like.
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Game Room HT: Denon AVR-X4200w; Sony UBP-x700; Definitive Technology SM450; Definitive Technology LCR2000; Definitive Technology StudioMonitor350; Mirage Nanasats; Sub - HSU VTF-2 MK5
Master Bedroom
Cambridge Azur 551r; Definitive Technology promonitor 800; ACI Titan Subwoofer
The B-Tech BT77 are some stout mounts. My wife has stood up into the one surround speaker a few times. Her noggin looses every time...
24" - https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00CQCIRTG/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_search_asin_title?ie=UTF8&psc=1
32" - https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B001PYV7LQ/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_search_asin_title?ie=UTF8&psc=1
Audio: PS Audio DirectStream Jr. * Belles 20a * Pass Aleph 30 - Zu Omen DW * Sunfire Sig II - Polk SRS 2.3tl * PSAudio PP3 * MIT S3
Den: Sonore ultraRendu * Cary xCiter * Dayens Menuetto * KEF LS50
They had little red info toppers that a store display would have, but still had plastic protection film on baffles and were spotless. Well built and imo attractively styled. Love the ability to easily hang on the wall.
I hooked up in den and played a new-to-me electronic cut, "Endless Summer" by The Midnight then moved on to regular demo cuts. There was nothing really good that stood out about the sound except the soundstage width - it extended a few degrees outside the speakers. Mushy low range, thin piano (well, thin everything), not terribly detailed (seemed weird given the ss width), elements bleeding into one another without space between them. Figured they needed to loosen up; so I looped a break-in track and went to bed.
This morning I was most interested to see if piano keys sounded any better. Put on OP's "We Get Requests". Not sure if it was the little break-in period or the "morning effect" or both, but they sounded TONS better - like a completely different speaker. Rounder, more colorful keys, tighter double bass & drums, more coherent, increased depth - but most of all - engaging. Still not extremely detailed and not a lot of space between players, but excellent width and fun to listen to.
Unbelievable value and very listenable. Keepers!
Audio: PS Audio DirectStream Jr. * Belles 20a * Pass Aleph 30 - Zu Omen DW * Sunfire Sig II - Polk SRS 2.3tl * PSAudio PP3 * MIT S3
Den: Sonore ultraRendu * Cary xCiter * Dayens Menuetto * KEF LS50
If you liked the Blu-tak, you'll probably really enjoy getting some acoustic foam monitor pads. Probably the best bang-for-buck improvement I've made in tabletop/desktop setups. Create adjustable angles, or set up flat if you like.
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