Cheap (less expensive) speaker stand modified

ALL212
ALL212 Posts: 1,577
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I’m hoping that within a month I’ll have a pair of Blumenstein speakers in the house to run on the BH Stereomore. My desired height is 28” and before jumping into a lot of $$ and since my wife was looking for a suggestion on a Christmas gift I (we) bought from Amazon.

Metal tubes - straight out of the box the ring like bells. I filled two of the three tubes (one is for running cable and has a sizable hole at the base) with sand and that helped but... nah.

I’ve wrapped one with jute rope. Now it just thumps when rapped on and is sonically pretty inert.

Guess how much rope that took!

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Aaron
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  • Tony M
    Tony M Posts: 11,159
    100ft.?

    Looks pretty cool.
    Most people just listen to music and watch movies. I EXPERIENCE them.
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  • reverb
    reverb Posts: 67
    That's got a good look to it. Very organic vibe. Well done Sir.
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  • pitdogg2
    pitdogg2 Posts: 25,553
    A LOT .......

    DID I WIN?
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  • mhardy6647
    mhardy6647 Posts: 33,894
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    your cats will love you.

    ;)
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  • lightman1
    lightman1 Posts: 10,789
    Sand
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  • ALL212
    ALL212 Posts: 1,577
    Tony M wrote: »
    100ft.?

    Looks pretty cool.

    Ding ding...just about 100 feet. I bought one roll and wondered what I would do with the rest.

    No cats...thank goodness...no cats.


    pitdogg2 wrote: »
    A LOT .......

    DID I WIN?

    Of course you did... :D
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  • pitdogg2
    pitdogg2 Posts: 25,553
    ALL212 wrote: »


    pitdogg2 wrote: »
    A LOT .......

    DID I WIN?

    Of course you did... :D


    I KNEW IT YAAAAAA :*:*
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  • SCompRacer
    SCompRacer Posts: 8,504
    edited January 2019
    ALL212 wrote: »

    No cats...thank goodness...no cats.



    I told Jasper what you said. Watch out next time you're over.

    I like the rope wrap! A torch would take care of them frizzies sticking out.
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  • mhardy6647
    mhardy6647 Posts: 33,894
    SCompRacer wrote: »
    ...
    I like the rope wrap! A torch would take care of them frizzies sticking out.


    I see a Youtube video going viral...

    ;)
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  • ALL212
    ALL212 Posts: 1,577
    SCompRacer wrote: »
    ALL212 wrote: »

    No cats...thank goodness...no cats.



    I told Jasper what you said. Watch out next time you're over.

    I like the rope wrap! A torch would take care of them frizzies sticking out.

    ooo...you told Jasper...ahh crap. I'll be wearing Kevlar next visit.

    So when I burn off the fuzzies I should record it? That can happen.
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  • mhardy6647
    mhardy6647 Posts: 33,894
    I just figured that jute or hemp or whatever it is must be kinda flammable. Flammable + fuzzies (large surface area) + torch = youtube-worthy fun if anything goes wrong, tight? ;)

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  • pitdogg2
    pitdogg2 Posts: 25,553
    Oh yea film that shhh tuf.
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  • BlueFox
    BlueFox Posts: 15,251
    mhardy6647 wrote: »
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    your cats will love you.

    ;)

    Yes. That is a great scratch post.

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  • SCompRacer
    SCompRacer Posts: 8,504
    edited January 2019
    Just curious, what kind of knot did you use to tie it off? Bends, binding, boating?
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  • ALL212
    ALL212 Posts: 1,577
    Friction - wrapped it figure 8 ish at the bottom, still considering the top.

    If it loosens up I can fix that
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  • mhardy6647
    mhardy6647 Posts: 33,894
    This thread inspired me to try some alternative "stands" for the ELACs I've been playing with. Herewith, I will document my sincere thanks for that (no kidding!) and also report that the presentation of the ELACs was much improved by the most recent experiment!

    I'll post a photo of the provisional stands in my ELAC thread anon.



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  • verb
    verb Posts: 10,176
    Very cool! When I first looked at this thread, I was struck by the aesthetics of your creation, but then read it again, and you mentioned that the rope actually works as a dampening device! Well done sir! 2 birds with one stone, if you will! :smile:
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  • mhardy6647
    mhardy6647 Posts: 33,894
    edited January 2019
    verb wrote: »
    Very cool! When I first looked at this thread, I was struck by the aesthetics of your creation, but then read it again, and you mentioned that the rope actually works as a dampening device! Well done sir! 2 birds with one stone, if you will! :smile:

    Not to go all @Viking64 on you :p but I believe the more appropriate term is damping. Dampening is rarely a good idea for hifi equipment :|

    sorry! :/

    PS I realize that damping and dampening can, in extremeis, be used interchangeably (it's on the internet) -- but as far as I am concerned, the latter term involves getting wet, first and foremost! :#
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  • ALL212
    ALL212 Posts: 1,577
    And here I was all worried about the athletics of my creation... :*
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  • FestYboy
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    Form follows function.
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  • mhardy6647
    mhardy6647 Posts: 33,894
    heh, I only just now noticed that hot little topless Yamaha lurking behind the before stand on the right.

    :)
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  • ALL212
    ALL212 Posts: 1,577
    mhardy6647 wrote: »
    heh, I only just now noticed that hot little topless Yamaha lurking behind the before stand on the right.

    :)

    so...you like little topless yamaha's? That one is getting a matching friend. I broke that one, recapped and lost some voltage somewhere so it's twin is going to be used for troubleshooting.
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  • mhardy6647
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    I wouldn't admit this just anywhere -- but I couldn't ID it based on the bit I could see. Is it, maybe (???), a CR-620? It's not a CR-450, is it? I don't have a CR-450. Heck, I don't have a CR-200/400/600/800, either (come to think of it). :p

    Now, mind you, I was too lazy to go look at the pile of 'em upstairs :/
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  • ALL212
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    CR-620 it is. I think I lost a voltage regulator. I can find schematics for it but they're pretty blurry. I figure if I have a twin I can figure it out. I have sound but only if volume is around 3 and then it's very quiet.


    There's a Marantz here topless also - lost a channel recapping that one but I think it's just a loose wire.
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  • mhardy6647
    mhardy6647 Posts: 33,894
    edited January 2019
    I don't think I have any original paper docs for the CR-620; i.e., you've probably got whatever I've got.

    Nice little receiver -- and, of course, I am not at all biased. :)

    Sorry for the transient thread tangent :/
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  • Tony M
    Tony M Posts: 11,159
    Here's a lamp for your room décor that will match very well.

    https://wilmington.craigslist.org/hsh/d/wilmington-beautiful-nautical-rope-lamp/6803682775.html
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  • agfrost
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    mhardy6647 wrote: »
    heh, I only just now noticed that hot little topless Yamaha lurking behind the before stand on the right.

    :)

    Several days ago I avoided the temptation to chide you for posting in this thread previously without making note of Yamaha--but I'll chuckle now that you've drawn attention to it!
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  • TennMan
    TennMan Posts: 1,266
    Tony M wrote: »
    Here's a lamp for your room décor that will match very well.
    With a little modification to add more height and covered with matching rope those lamps might make interesting looking speaker stands.

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  • Tony M
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    I saw a web site (a year or more ago) where they showed all kinds of objects that people wrapped rope around. They looked pretty good too. It was that artsy d.i.y. web site I think.
    Most people just listen to music and watch movies. I EXPERIENCE them.
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