Securing Monitors to a stand

acoustic 1,

Thanks,

It doesn't seem to be available in the USA.

ozzy

asvjerry,

I  just ordered the Turners tape via Amazon. cost $15. 

Will it stick to metal and then stick to the high Gloss speaker?

bassdude,

Thanks, I will look into your suggestions.

The Audio room is in the basement with a carpet (no padding) over concrete. The stands have some serious pointy spikes.

Thanks for all the great suggestions.

How about using some self sticking feet that are stuck to the bottom of the speaker so that they fit on each side of the top stand plate on the outer edges? What would work is something that sticks pretty well but can be removed if needed later on.

Happy New Year to all!

ozzy

donjr,

Good luck with your new speakers. I have read good things about Harbeths speakers.

The stands have a small metal top with no holes in it. The speaker overlaps the top a lot. Perhaps I should look for a new stand. But, the stand is very bottom heavy.

dill, digsmithd,

It may be worth it to try the Sorbethane and see if it does deaden the sound. I think I may have some pads from my Grand Prix stands to also try.

fundsgon,

Thanks for the tip. The high gloss finish looks great, I would hate to ruin it.

digsmithd,

Did you get the sorbethane dots from Herbies?

ozzy

slaw,

Thanks for your comment. There is a lot of things in my life that in retrospect I should have done differently.

BTW, my DIY speakers came out marvelous. I will post some pictures on my Audiogon page later.

Thanks everyone for the ongoing support.

My kids are grown and sadly no grand kids. I am mostly concerned about clumsy me bumping into the speakers.

erikt,

With the high gloss finish on the speakers I would be reluctant to cinch down with the cable ties.

stringreen,

I did think of trying some Velcro but the best I could find is rated at 16 pounds. The speakers weigh much more than that.

steakster,

If my DIY speakers start rolling around I would probably swallow my gum or worse!

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Thanks soix,

I have lots of Blue Tack so it can't hurt to use this along with my Herbie big fat dots.(love the name). BTW, I super glued the bottom of the Herbies to the metal top of the stand.

steakster,

What did you find worked best?

ozzy

Thanks for the suggestions.

My DIY cabinets are not quite so DIY. I purchased them in a high gloss finish with tapered sides. I mounted dual speaker posts in the back for bi-wiring. To enhance possible future tweaking options, I made custom boxes to house external crossovers connecting them to the speaker posts using cables with banana plugs on both ends.

The DIY portion is the tweeters (Aurum Cantus G1) special 6.5" woofers and a crossover utilizing top of the line silver/gold/oil Mundorf caps.

The stands are the 3 steel pole type but are filled solid with a special mixture of sand and a very fine grade steel shot (more like a dust). They do look great on the stand. It would take a lot to knock over the stands.

I do have some double sided sticky tape to use but I’m not sure if that would hold much. My prototype boxes (that were definitely home made) used some glass mirror clips that did hold the speaker to the stand very well but that involved drilling holes in the bottom of the speaker boxes for the screws.

I also thought about making a wooden platform to then use the mirror clips with screws to mount to the small metal steel stand top. I could make this platform to fit the speaker with a small side lip on the top sides to secure the speaker. But that may look kinda goofy.

I appreciate any more suggestions.

ozzy