Sound Anchor Stands...worth the money?

You'll be extremely satified with the build quality of Sound Anchors. I use a center channel stand and an amp stand that they custom built to my specs. I'm thrilled. I feel that I got my money's worth. Let's face it. A lot of components sold to the "high-end" crowd are over-priced and very cheaply built. Some of the racks and stands that I've seen selling for over 500.00 are of low quality. Others while extremely well built, are over-priced. Billy Bags comes to mind. All of my stand and rack needs will be served by Sound Anchors. I'm that happy with my purchases. Sound Anchors is a breath of fresh air after all of that cheap sheet metal junk that I've purchased because I was unaware of Sound Anchors. Lastly, they were extremely helpful. I gave them the measurements for what I needed. Sound Anchors then e-mailed me an exact diagram of what they would be making for me. In about 10 days, I had the amp and center stand. Perfect. As for whether stands improve the sound of your speakers, I would say it is extremely likely. I have found that if you have carpet, just extra long spikes greatly improve the sound and not just in the bass. Speakers seem to "open-up" when gotten up and off the floor.

Islandflyfisher, raising speakers off heavy carpet or rugs will improve the sound. I was under the same impressiong which is why it was years before I actually raised my speakers off the carpet. I never even bothered to use spikes as I figured my speakers were so heavy that there was no need. Boy was I wrong.

Slappy, I paid 300.00 for the center channel stand. The stand that I have is adjustable for height and angle and has rubber pads.My center channel is heavy at 50lbs so I need a sturdy stand. The other reasonable price stands were wood and fixed height or cheap sheet metal and not so sturdy. I still thought 300.00 was a bit much until I recieved the stand. Then, I was extremely happy. My amp stand was 275.00 and just as well built. My wife is very cool and actually bought the center channel speaker for me but is not "into audio". I've tried to keep her input where I can so that she feels "part of the process". She really doesn't care much but just likes the sound. However, one of her rare comments was, "that's nice stuff." She was refering to the Sound Anchors stuff.