Best 27' speaker stands?

Norm, out of the price range you want but Sistrum stands are unbelievable.

Irish,

Could you provide more info about the Stage? Is it the same configuration as the 20" stand or is it a low stand like the picture of the Stage amp stand I saw from when they showed it an a show a while back? I'd love to see a picture of this. I am a complete Sistrum convert. I have thier Sp-1 stand under my turntable and it made quite an improvement.

The Sistrum speaker stand I have is a bit customized. My speaker's depth was too small to hit the back point so I bought an additional top plate and point so the back point could be slid in closer than the back column.

you can see the picture in my virtual system

http://cgim.audiogon.com/i/vs/i/f/1188075160.jpg

I would eventually like to get their whole equipment rack. I'm waiting for the cheaper verion of the Stage rack to come out.

Irish 65 thanks for the info.

TBG, The top black/bottom plates are steel.

I believe they are also going to release a steel plate version
of the stage rack (but with brass rods) at some point to hit a lower
price point, as the Stage is something like $7000 retail per shelf.

TBG,

I too was shocked when I heard the price. I was looking to get a 6 tier rack.

That would only set me back $42,000. I have enough gear for 2 rack probably.

When talking with Robert at Starsound he indicated that the purity and machining of brass they use is unlike almost any other in the audio biz.

They have really broken this down to a science, and the metalurgy is crucial to the effectiveness. I have read their credits on thier site about the scientific background of their rather large team of scientists, designers and fabricators.

These people are serious! To call them just a stand seems like a huge understatement.

You can read their white papers here.

http://www.starsoundtechnologies.com/livevibe.html

I would like to see other manufacturers utilizing some of their products and designs inside componenent where they could be even mor eeffective than simply sitting on a stand. I in fact am going to try to modify my MA-1 amps internally using Sistrum products. You can clearly tell I have drunk the cool-aid on this one.