I would like to buy speaker stands for 2-way bookshelf speakers with 6.5'' woofer. It's ELAC DBR-62 for now, but it may change - still, almost all of these have very similar distance from speaker base to the center of the tweeter.
Before someone would like to question the point of buying speaker stands at all, these are my motivations:
- no furniture to put them on at the moment, apart from PC desk where they would be too close to my ears and each other
- closely matching my ear level with tweeter level
- better flexibility in positioning within the room
At the start, I thought that getting adjustable height stands would be a perfect solution, but I quickly dropped this idea because of the following:
1. Less sturdy, possible problems with stability.
2. Higher price.
3. Not being able to fill them with sand to improve stability.
4. I can buy a fixed height stands that will match my ear level. Even if it narrows down my possible choices, the adjustable-height stands are less popular, so it pretty much balances out.
The distance from the floor to my ear is 117cm, the distance from DBR-62 base to tweeter's center 29 cm, so I need the stands with about 88cm height. Anything between 85 and 90 cm should be just perfect. No spikes - I don't have any carpets where they will be placed.
What qualities/features of the speaker stands apart from the correct height would You rate as the most important? What would be the best choice, keeping in mind that it's supposed to be a budget buy? Here is a couple of things coming to my mind:
- material: steel, wood, tempered glass, etc. or a mix of these. I'm a simple man who believes that steel is the answer.
- ability to fill with sand to increase stability even with cheaper and lighter constructions - no accidental knocking the stand. Possibly to eliminate resonances.
- foam on the tray to prevent the speakers from moving and make it harder to knock them off the stand. Possibly to eliminate resonances.
- tray size - should it really be a bit smaller than the speaker itself or it's some kind of audio shamanism?
- quality non-slip feet, possibly with adjustable height to combat uneven floor
Before someone would like to question the point of buying speaker stands at all, these are my motivations:
- no furniture to put them on at the moment, apart from PC desk where they would be too close to my ears and each other
- closely matching my ear level with tweeter level
- better flexibility in positioning within the room
At the start, I thought that getting adjustable height stands would be a perfect solution, but I quickly dropped this idea because of the following:
1. Less sturdy, possible problems with stability.
2. Higher price.
3. Not being able to fill them with sand to improve stability.
4. I can buy a fixed height stands that will match my ear level. Even if it narrows down my possible choices, the adjustable-height stands are less popular, so it pretty much balances out.
The distance from the floor to my ear is 117cm, the distance from DBR-62 base to tweeter's center 29 cm, so I need the stands with about 88cm height. Anything between 85 and 90 cm should be just perfect. No spikes - I don't have any carpets where they will be placed.
What qualities/features of the speaker stands apart from the correct height would You rate as the most important? What would be the best choice, keeping in mind that it's supposed to be a budget buy? Here is a couple of things coming to my mind:
- material: steel, wood, tempered glass, etc. or a mix of these. I'm a simple man who believes that steel is the answer.
- ability to fill with sand to increase stability even with cheaper and lighter constructions - no accidental knocking the stand. Possibly to eliminate resonances.
- foam on the tray to prevent the speakers from moving and make it harder to knock them off the stand. Possibly to eliminate resonances.
- tray size - should it really be a bit smaller than the speaker itself or it's some kind of audio shamanism?
- quality non-slip feet, possibly with adjustable height to combat uneven floor
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