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custom made speaker stand legtips - rubber or metal - not good vibration
I finally had my preferred speaker stands made but it came with a wooden "stick". as shown on the picture. I wanted to put an rubber tip to the end and to secure it, I put a screw in it. Now the screw is touching the floor. (Speakers: Dynaudio Evoke 20)
Questions:
- Should I recess the screw so that the "rubber touches the floor?
- Should I put something on the floor between the speaker leg tips and the floor (hardwood floor on concrete) - like a soft pad?
- Entirely a bad idea for both rubber and screw?
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Look @ rubber cane/walking stick tips (no screw required). If it's a tad loose use a few wraps of cloth half inch medical tape around the sides of the leg. I need to look for replacements for my wooden cane (one I've owned/used off/on since 1973). I'll start with Amazon, though my last tips were purchased locally and were made in the USA (2 of them lasted 20+ years and were mainly used on concrete sidewalks). If made in China (not keen on their rubber/plastic products) I'll order a gob of them once I find a decent one, and store them away from air/heat. Your requirements are not as exacting I would guess, but perhaps not as I do not fathom what stress the footers of speaker stands are exposed to via thousands of hours of use.
DeKay |
@ghdprentice do you have a photo of the tripods with crossbars? |
Cross bars… function entirely. My experience has always been ridged support of speakers is key. My experience with tripods has been poor. But over time, I have upgraded my telescopes and tripods to world class ones (another obsession is astronomy)… requiring extremely stable platforms… like audio. They go through extremes to stabilize tripods. The view gets better with increased stability, just like sound gets more focused. |
If the screw cannot be sufficiently recessed, then perhaps using an adhesive would be the answer. I go round and round with this sort of problem with chairs, but that turns out to be a user problem to begin with. Fortunately, once you the position for the speakers set, you will be done. I do like what was mentioned about a support 25% of the way down the legs. Someone who knows about telescopes has knowledge that nicely overlaps this topic. |
Nice. I would do anything you can to stabilize and ridgidify the stands. All my tripod telescope mounts have ridged connections between the legs about 25% down from the top. I could see the rubber at the bottom adding a bit of rigidity to the design by holding to the floor. I would try it with screws in further. Unfortunately I think you are in a situation that requires experimentation. |