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Speaker Stands, some questions

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You should be able to tilt them upwards towards the listening position whichever you end up with.
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I use blutak or poster tak to secure my medium/large bookshelf speakers to my stands. Never had a problem with doing that but there are other methods some folks may prefer. If your floor is carpeted I would probably use spikes at the bottom of the stand. If you have tile or wood floors, the little rubber bumpers are preferable so you don't scratch your wood/tile. 

I don't my stands are filled with sand or buckshot, but they are nearly 40 lbs each so plenty heavy on their own. With lighter weight stands and heavier speakers, I'd definitely consider filling them with something if possible. 

Height of the stand (e.g. 2 ft or 3 ft or something else) should be determined by where the height will allow the speaker to be at ear level. 

No experience with the particular stands you linked. I would check the height to make sure it is correct for your speakers as they are only around 9'' high if I'm reading the description correctly. I assume your speakers are quite tall if you considering stands that short. 


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Ideally you want the speakers to stay still so some filler to add mass and stop the stands ringing is good. A good join between speaker and stand by spikes, pads, blu-tac, etc. can all help but may sound slightly different.

With deep carpet I agree about spikes unless you have wooden floorboards in which case you may find spikes mean they act as a soundboard and colour the bass with their resonances. Then I'd try some isolation between stand and speaker like gel pads to see if that helps.



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With regard to others comments on getting the speaker to ear height, the aim should be to bring the tweeter to your sitting ear height if possible
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Thanks everyone for their input.
I think the speakers are little larger than some of you have realised, 22 litres is not an easy quantity to visualise. I have added a clip from the fabrication instructions. 
Raising them will make them quite prominent, I am pondering some angled supports that 'point' them to ear level. Perhaps like these: https://www.hifix.co.uk/audioengine-ds2-desktop-speaker-stands-medium-large-black-pair
Two houses back our sitting room was so small I actually wall mounted them off special directional brackets, but they were either side of a chimney breast so did not project into the room. It wouldn't suit our current living room.
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Originally posted by peterb peterb wrote:

Thanks everyone for their input.
I think the speakers are little larger than some of you have realised, 22 litres is not an easy quantity to visualise. I have added a clip from the fabrication instructions. 
Raising them will make them quite prominent, I am pondering some angled supports that 'point' them to ear level. Perhaps like these: https://www.hifix.co.uk/audioengine-ds2-desktop-speaker-stands-medium-large-black-pair
Two houses back our sitting room was so small I actually wall mounted them off special directional brackets, but they were either side of a chimney breast so did not project into the room. It wouldn't suit our current living room.

490mm = approx. 19 inches tall. That's a bit taller than my speakers, which are around 14.5'' tall. I have mine on 2 foot stands to get the tweeters at ear level. The height you need for your stands will probably be less but will also depend on your seating position. I doubt the audioengine stands will work. Those are designed for small desktop type computer speakers. 
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Yes I have being doing the sums and checking the web and agree with you.
So far I haven't found anything on the web to suit, even wedge type supports.
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