Question about speaker stands.

heiney9
heiney9 Posts: 25,204
edited October 2005 in Speakers
It's been a long time since I had to consider buying speaker stands for bookshelf type speakers. I found a pair that are reasonably priced (I'm cheap) especially when it's for my 2nd system. These will be for my Athena's in the office/computer rig. See link

http://www.audioadvisor.com/store/productdetail.asp?sku=DMATLA24B

The Athenas measure 13.75 h x 7 w x 9.75 d. The stands are 24" high and the plate is 7 w x 6.75 d.

Is it common for the plate that holds the speaker to be smaller than the actual footprint of the speaker? In this case it's 3" smaller (depth) so I would position the speaker with about 1.5" overhang on each end. Is this common? These are the right $$$ and although I'd prefer something a few inches higher these should do quite nicely. I'm just a bit concerned about the top plate being to small. Any input would be appreciated.

H9
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  • shack
    shack Posts: 11,154
    edited October 2005
    heiney9 wrote:
    Is it common for the plate that holds the speaker to be smaller than the actual footprint of the speaker? In this case it's 3" smaller (depth) so I would position the speaker with about 1.5" overhang on each end. Is this common?

    Yes it is common. I have my RT55is (9-1/2" W x 14-3/8" D) on a Sanus stand with a top plate measuring 7-3/8" x 7-3/8". No balance issues at all.
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  • Tritonman
    Tritonman Posts: 159
    edited October 2005
    shack wrote:
    Yes it is common. I have my RT55is (9-1/2" W x 14-3/8" D) on a Sanus stand with a top plate measuring 7-3/8" x 7-3/8". No balance issues at all.

    Build your own. You can make em as high and as big etc as you want. Plus you can fill them with sand to make them even more rigid and tighten up.

    Some examples.

    http://www.tnt-audio.com/clinica/stubby_e.html

    http://www.io.com/~patman/stands.html

    http://www.audiotweaks.com/diy2/robs_stands/page01.htm

    http://www.cross-spectrum.com/audio/stands/ kind of like what you are looking at
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  • Willow
    Willow Posts: 11,056
    edited October 2005
    Yes I had my Rti4's on plates smaller than the speaker. I used a double sided non skid mouse pad, they never moved. To bad you're not in town, I'd giv'em to ya! I don't use them anymore.
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  • Tritonman
    Tritonman Posts: 159
    edited October 2005
    Willow wrote:
    Yes I had my Rti4's on plates smaller than the speaker. I used a double sided non skid mouse pad, they never moved. To bad you're not in town, I'd giv'em to ya! I don't use them anymore.

    Damn good idea on the mouse pads Willow...I am going to do that with my Studio monitors i use for recording :)
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  • Willow
    Willow Posts: 11,056
    edited October 2005
    Tritonman wrote:
    Damn good idea on the mouse pads Willow...I am going to do that with my Studio monitors i use for recording :)

    Thanks, it works for skid and vibration control, I actually use them now under my xbox, I used to be able to feel the vibrations of the Xbox throughout the audio stand put a couple of those puppies under and Voil
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  • PolknPepsi
    PolknPepsi Posts: 781
    edited October 2005
    If youre going to build your own or whatever here are a couple places that could give you an idea. www.standsandmounts.com www.racksandstands.com ...might give you something to look at anyway.
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  • heiney9
    heiney9 Posts: 25,204
    edited October 2005
    Thanks for the responses. Building my own may be an option, but is it possible to build a pair for less than $40? I can probably build a pair that is better but at what cost.....remember I'm kinda cheap when it comes to my 2nd system ;)

    H9
    "Appreciation of audio is a completely subjective human experience. Measurements can provide a measure of insight, but are no substitute for human judgment. Why are we looking to reduce a subjective experience to objective criteria anyway? The subtleties of music and audio reproduction are for those who appreciate it. Differentiation by numbers is for those who do not".--Nelson Pass Pass Labs XA25 | EE Avant Pre | EE Mini Max Supreme DAC | MIT Shotgun S1 | Pangea AC14SE MKII | Legend L600 | BlueSound Node 3 - Tubes add soul!
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  • Tritonman
    Tritonman Posts: 159
    edited October 2005
    heiney9 wrote:
    Thanks for the responses. Building my own may be an option, but is it possible to build a pair for less than $40? I can probably build a pair that is better but at what cost.....remember I'm kinda cheap when it comes to my 2nd system ;)

    H9

    Sure you can build some cheapos..

    Some 6" pvc tubing filled with sand..a top and a bottom. Thats really cheap. Touch em up with some paint to clean em up.
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  • tryrrthg
    tryrrthg Posts: 1,896
    edited October 2005
    heiney9 wrote:
    Thanks for the responses. Building my own may be an option, but is it possible to build a pair for less than $40? I can probably build a pair that is better but at what cost.....remember I'm kinda cheap when it comes to my 2nd system ;)

    H9

    I built mine: LINK for very little, I can't remember the exact figure but it was over $40 but less than $80, but mine have 1" thick red oak on them. If you used MDF you could build them much cheaper. The killer would be if you went with 6" PVC that costs around $20 for an 8 foot section. I haven't been able to find any in smaller pieces.

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