DIY speaker stands?

[unknownSCL]

Anyone here on [H] have a pair of home made speaker stands?

I've looked around (using google) and found a few good ones, but i would like to see if anyone here has any.

Thanks

 

[Alai]

I don't have one yet because I haven't had the time, but I plan on making the speaker stand that is two flat pieces of wood sandwiching a PVC pipe that is filled with sand.

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[Mark Larson]

I don't have one yet because I haven't had the time, but I plan on making the speaker stand that is two flat pieces of wood sandwiching a PVC pipe that is filled with sand.

Like so... |----------|

How will you attach the pipe to the wood? Superglue?

 

[Alai]

http://www.tnt-audio.com/clinica/stubby_e.html

 

[ToMMyGuN]

I made some out of thin pvc tubing and some fittings. Of course these could be better classified as mounts..

they are a little wobbly, but for about 10 bucks total, they will most certainly get me through the year. (They are my surrounds, my desk is opposite my bed)

 

[unknownSCL]

http://www.tnt-audio.com/clinica/stubby_e.html

Thanks for the reply guys, those are the ones that i was looking at. But i wanted to see if anyone else had any ideas on making a "unique" pair.

Thats a good way, tommy! Have you tried putting sand in the pvc pipe to weigh it down?

 

[Alai]

If you come across anything more unique and doesn't require a CNC machine or laser cutter or a bagillion hours to make, let me know. I would love to try it.

 

[Nenu]

Build the stands to be solid/rigid with no possibility of parts vibrating/resonating and no possibility of movement whether rotational or left/right back/forth.
The speakers need to be solidly attached to the stand, the stands need to be solidly mounted on the floor.

At minimum use Blu Tak to attach the speakers to the stands or mount the speakers on spikes.
I've built many speaker stands and the best by far have used lead shot to weight them down, spiked to the floor.
The idea is that the speaker cone energy/movement should be translated into air movement, not stand or loudspeaker cabinet movement.

Lead filled MDF is a good solution as long as the stands arent too high (compared to the size of its base), Steel bars are good too, be sure your design cant twist.
You can get away with partially filling MDF stands with lead so it need not break the floor!
Plastic = crap.

My main speakers are lead filled floor standing MDF speakers, solidly mounted to an isolation board (which also sets the downward ported bass speaker response), the board is spiked to the floor.
Very heavy and solid.
My Centre speaker is mounted on top of an old analogue TV with Blu Tak in each corner and the middle to hold it firmly, surprisingly good.

 

[ToMMyGuN]

Thats a good way, tommy! Have you tried putting sand in the pvc pipe to weigh it down?

Naw, there is no need for sand. The PVC doesn't actually go all the way down to the floor. They are just mounted to my bed frame

 

[GuyClinch]

Those don't seem worth the effort - no offense. While with the TNT ones you would be hard pressed to buy them cheaper - those ones that use like a zip tie to hold the speakers on..seem inferior to the ones you would buy from monoprice..

Pete