Speaker base - what material is best?


Hey!
I just bought a pair of monitor 4 acoustat speakers - electrostats. the bases are the ugliest things i've ever seen in audio: black fiberglass with plywood bottoms. jeez. I took the speakers off the base and they're currently on the floor. I'd like to make bases for them but don't know what material to use or where to get it. any help is much appreciated. i'm thinking crazy like all stainless steel i might find in an architectural salvage yard or maybe find some MDF and cover it with laminate. Or?? I'd like to keep the whole eames era look going if possible.

As always, thanks in advance.
kublakhan

Showing 1 response by sicmacb1ef

Granite is the answer, go to a tombstone maker or other like ceramic's seller for kitchen or bathroom, you can put lacquer on the edge cut it's more cheaper than polishing and it give the same look and it could last long enough.
I use granite also under my sub Velodyne and all my electronics (Krell amp & SonicFrontiers preamp) are on a piece of granite on spike mount in a damping steel rack made all by myself, very heavy but very stiff and resonance free.
Between the floor and the granite you can use a one inch thick of felt, it's very good for damping and use spike on a wood floor it's not a good idea with several hundred pounds!!!
Also granite looks great :)