Interfacing Speakers & Stands


Greetings fellow Agoners.What is the general feeling on how to place speakers on stands.Most stands come with brass spikes as well as rubber pads & there's also Blu Tac.Stands are sand filled metal with metal top plate.Your thoughts?Thanks for your input.
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Showing 1 response by gunbei

My favorite method for securing monitors to stands is with artist's kneaded erasers.

Kneaded erasers do a great job of anchoring the speakers to metal stands and unlike Blu-Tac which many people use, won't ruin the wood finish of the speakers or leave any sign they've been used.

I've used these with ProAc Tablette 50 Signatures and ProAc Response 1SCs, and even after 2 to 3 years of bonding left no mark when they were removed.

The trick is that the erasers have a fine powder that are part of the eraser matrix which prevents the eraser from becoming gooey.

On occasion I had bumped the speaker and they never lifted from the stand. Instead, the stand and speaker moved as a unit.

Kneaded erasers come in small pads that can be pulled apart and rolled like Play-Doh into little small snot balls. Place one of these balls at each corner of the stand then place the speaker on the stand and push down slightly to compress the erasers and form the bond.

http://www.dickblick.com/products/design-kneaded-rubber-eraser/

http://www.amazon.com/Design-Kneaded-Rubber-Charcoal-SAN70531/dp/B00006IFAJ

A pretty good tweak for only a buck!