Looking For Ideas For Speaker Stands

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MuchoReverbo
MuchoReverbo Posts: 35
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I've been getting into woodworking lately and want to build 4 speaker stands to put 4 Polk f/x1000 bipole/dipole surround speakers on. I plan to use some thick wood of some type for the base and top platforms but haven't decided on what to use in between.

I've seen some with wood posts. Some with PVC pipes filled with sand or shot and a threaded rod tying everything together. Some with metal pipe or tubing.

What do you think Polkies? Any ideas? I'm looking for ideas for the best sonics & cosmetics. I want them to be black though. All my speakers are black.

I was planning to make the bases square and the top platforms triangular matching the footprint of the f/x1000's but am open to any new ideas.
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  • MuchoReverbo
    MuchoReverbo Posts: 35
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    Nobody has any ideas huh?
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  • billbillw
    billbillw Posts: 8,285
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    Not many serious woodworkers here. I'd suggest metal stands that are mass loadable. Wood is good too if that's what you like.
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  • Gardenstater
    Gardenstater Posts: 4,944
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    You lost me when you said "aesthetics cosmetics" LOL. My design was entirely functional without being horrendously ugly (OK that's debatable lol). Has some vibration isolation between the two concrete blocks (two layers of minimally inflated bicycle tubes) and hardened steel ball and spoon isolators between chunks of elastomer material and the bottom blocks. The column has a faux outer cover but inside is steel pipe filled 50/50 with sand and lead shot. I want to nixx the bicycle tubes and go with springs like in the Townshend Platforms between the bottom block and the floor and incorporate xschop's CNC'd 7075 aluminum seismic isolators between the blocks.

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