I'm up for purchasing some good stands. Currently my small bookshelf speakers are at 100cm high, with good results as this is my listening height. I dont want them lower, maybe 90cm is ok. So some 100cm/1000mm stands will be suitable. 2 questions:
1) Are the atacama nexus 10 stands any good? 2) How do the speakers attach to the stands? Won't they fall off if just placed on top?
Any suggestions for stands are welcome as long as they dont look cumbersome.
Different speakers interact differently with different stands. Some speakers like a very heavy mass loaded stand. Others prefer a very light yet ridgid stand.
That's the only advice I've got, having never owned bookshelves nor stands.
Let me correct that, I did own a very large bookshelf speaker a while back - PSB Century 500i. I had small MDF stands that my dealer practically gave me at the time. Both the speaker and stand were at the end of their production run.
Which brings me to another point - what does your dealer recommend? What did you they demo the speakers with?
They're wharfedale diamond 8.1s-small bookshelf speakers which I've had for nearly a year and still like them. I dont have dealer as Im a student and dont have a car to get about sadly.
MDF stands sound very cheap! I did find a website that sold very very nice wooden speaker stands but damn it-i forgot the site!!
I just want to space my speakers out so they're not up against a wall like currently so the sound is more spacious, Im just wondering if theres some particular stands I should know about.
Can you tell me how speakers sit on the stands, do they have screw which go into the speakers or what?
BLUE TACK? lol. Are you serious, it seems very crude. I suppose its better than putting holes in my speakers. I just know that with high volume, one speaker vibrates and actually moves. (the one on a windowsill, the other on a stack of books is fine). But bare in mind I have the balance set about half 9 left to the one on the window sill because of awkard placement so more power will be going to that speaker. Yep i'll certainly fill them with something. I'll experiment on that one.