Monitor stands

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I want to put my Mackies in ear height (while I'm sitting down), and my desk
is just too low. Getting a little bit of distance from the walls would be
good, too.

What kind of stands would do the job ?


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Scott Dorsey wrote:
> Sigurd Stenersen <sigurds@utvikling.com> wrote:
>> I want to put my Mackies in ear height (while I'm sitting down), and
>> my desk is just too low. Getting a little bit of distance from the
>> walls would be good, too.
>>
>> What kind of stands would do the job ?
>
> A stack of old tape machine manuals will work. Milk crates are too
> light and will tend to conduct low frequencies too easily. Cinder
> blocks are just fine too. You could make little boxes out of oak
> plywood if you wanted. --scott

Thank you for answering.

I'm looking for something that doesn't seem too... errhhh... home made, or
something. I'd like to buy something that looks okay and that allows me to
put the monitors in ear height. Price does not matter that much, a few
hundred bucks is okay. If it improves the sound, that's a bonus but not
strictly necessary.

My desk isn't *that* low, but it would be nice to have the monitors a couple
of inches higher and also increasing the distance from the walls and having
more desk space would be nice.


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http://utvikling.com

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> I'm looking for something that doesn't seem too... errhhh... home made,
or
> something. I'd like to buy something that looks okay and that allows me
to
> put the monitors in ear height. Price does not matter that much, a few
> hundred bucks is okay. If it improves the sound, that's a bonus but not
> strictly necessary.
>
> My desk isn't *that* low, but it would be nice to have the monitors a
couple
> of inches higher and also increasing the distance from the walls and
having
> more desk space would be nice.

You should really get some mass-loaded audiophile speaker stands (metal
tubing construction filled with sand or lead shot). The metal acts as a
conductor to couple the speaker cabinet to the loose mass, which absorbs the
solid-body vibrations. The bass output is marginally reduced, only because
the bass resonance has been attenuated, and the midrange and treble are more
defined without the intermodular distortion of a vibrating cabinet.
Anything else will reflect vibrations back up, compounding cabinet
resonance, and often generate additional resonate on its own.

Why such stands aren't commonplace in studios is a mystery to me. Good ones
are only maybe $275, and they improve a speaker far more than a $275
upgrade.

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Sigurd Stenersen <sigurds@utvikling.com> wrote:
> I want to put my Mackies in ear height (while I'm sitting down), and
> my desk is just too low. Getting a little bit of distance from the
> walls would be good, too.
>
> What kind of stands would do the job ?

I like my ultimate stands.
http://www.ultimatesupport.com/monitorstands.html

I probably should fill 'em with sand... and caulk them before I do...

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In article <1102480252.360361@nntp.acecape.com> ben_google@cownow.com writes:

> I have Target Audio speaker stands. I like them. Very strong
> construction, very heavy steel construction.

I have Home Depot speaker stands. Very strong construction. Very heavy
cross-stacked cinder block construction. Also very inexpensive.


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