Speaker stands recommendations

[pucho812]

Torn between building or buying

Specs I need to cover
1. must be able to hold a minimum 80 pounds.
2. Cabinet is roughly 14 inches wide, 17 inches tall and 15 inches deep.
3. Stand should be adjustable in height to some extent.

All that I found so far can’t support the weight and those that can are super expensive and non adjustable.

Any ideas?

 

[john12ax7]

Sound anchors are the go to for weight support and adjustable. But they are expensive.

 

[pucho812]

Sound anchors are the go to for weight support and adjustable. But they are expensive.

That was my first thought. But $$$ is not available for such a luxury at the moment.

I thought about making some stands out of square bar and having them adjustable with bolts. But not certain on the weight department.

 

[Gold]

Any ideas?

I have a very good DIY one. It’s not really appropriate for a commercial facility though. It is not idiot proof but it’s very good and costs next to nothing.

Fill a bucket with sand. Cut a piece of 4” PVC pipe to length. Stick it in the bucket. Fill the rest of the 4” pipe with sand. For the top where the speaker rests attach a flat surface to about 8” of 3” PVC pipe. Put the 3” piece of pipe in the 4” pipe so the flat surface doesn’t touch the 3” pipe. Bob’s your uncle.

 

[pucho812]

I have a very good DIY one. It’s not really appropriate for a commercial facility though. It is not idiot proof but it’s very good and costs next to nothing.

Fill a bucket with sand. Cut a piece of 4” PVC pipe to length. Stick it in the bucket. Fill the rest of the 4” pipe with sand. For the top where the speaker rests attach a flat surface to about 8” of 3” PVC pipe. Put the 3” piece of pipe in the 4” pipe so the flat surface doesn’t touch the 3” pipe. Bob’s your uncle.

I am well aware of your bucket of sands approach. I find it quite genius but would not work if I travel with them.

 

[pucho812]

I found this to be an interesting approach.

 

[Gold]

Idea two is make it out of 80/20 extrusions. I have my ATC’s on two food service bins filled with sand. Then I have stands made from 80/20 to get them to height. Here is a shot of the set dressers setting up for a film shoot. Not exactly cheap though.

 

[Gold]

BTW the 80/20 was recycled from a tent platform I had in the forest. The material was outside for eight years. It cleaned up with minimal effort. Even the steel fasteners cleaned up with some home brew rust remover. It cost me zero dollars to make those stands.

 

[dmp]

Concrete patio pavers are cheap, available everywhere, and can be stacked to whatever height you want. No worries on 80+ lbs load. Concrete makes for great speaker stands.

 

[pucho812]

BTW the 80/20 was recycled from a tent platform I had in the forest. The material was outside for eight years. It cleaned up with minimal effort. Even the steel fasteners cleaned up with some home brew rust remover. It cost me zero dollars to make those stands.

Very nice.

Concrete patio pavers are cheap, available everywhere, and can be stacked to whatever height you want. No worries on 80+ lbs load. Concrete makes for great speaker stands.

do you mean like concrete stones? how about cinder blocks?

 

[Gold]

I find concrete and stone while providing mass also transmit a great deal of vibration. You only have put your ear on it. They are also heavy for transport. If using concrete block I'd put layers of sorbothane in between them.

 

[boji]

https://www.ultimatesupport.com/products/ms-100b

 

[soulsonic]

I'm a big fan of these things. 11"x11"x7" concrete deck block. Cheap.

 

[dmp]

I find concrete and stone while providing mass also transmit a great deal of vibration. You only have put your ear on it. They are also heavy for transport. If using concrete block I'd put layers of sorbothane in between them.

I have 1.5" rubber feet on speakers to isolate from the floor. Easy enough to transport as you can buy them in any city. There was nothing in the OPs specs about being easy to transport regularly.

 

[Gold]

I am well aware of your bucket of sands approach. I find it quite genius but would not work if I travel with them.

I have 1.5" rubber feet on speakers to isolate from the floor. Easy enough to transport as you can buy them in any city. There was nothing in the OPs specs about being easy to transport regularly.

 

[sodderboy]

80 lbs? You won't get anything better than Sound Anchors unless you make your own. . . .
Sound anchor copies at probably T&M 1.3x the cost of a pair new about $1,300 plus shipping for mechanically adjustable. Unless you are down with welding threaded studs in the bottoms x 8? Whatta pain. Do you know any Impala dudes?
Before Sound Anchors we techs would work with the guest engineer to rig their speakers on or in front of a console however we could. It was certainly better if they brought their own standage. Pro's brought their own speaker stands or o/b wiring.
If you have budgeted buying and lugging 80 lb speakers around, budget for good stands to protect them and anything under them.
Mike