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Speaker Stand Height And Recommendations For Spendor SP100 Speakers

It has been a very long time and I do not have the Info to make a sound decision on a Set of Speaker Stands for my recently acquired SP100's.

My sitting Ear Height is 38 1/2" and Speakers will be 9 Feet away.

Tweeter in SP100 is 17 1/2" to Center from the Bottom of the Cabinet. Sound Anchors told me recently that their 4 Post Stand for the SP100 is 16" High. In addition to another puzzlement is they also told me Top Plate will be 14" Wide & 16" Depth but I am measuring the SP100 Cabinet as 14 7/16" Wide & 17" Depth.

My Footers will add 1 1/2" approximately which equals 35" for Tweeter Height from the Floor. I recall the Original Sound Anchor 3 Post Stand had two adjustable Studs at the back of the Stand.

My questions are;

1) Does someone have a pair of the Original Sound Anchor SP100 Stands and could I trouble you to give me a dimension from the Bottom of the Horizontal Base Tube to the Speaker Top Plate at the front.

2) Does the SP100 require that the Tweeter be at a Sitting Ear Height? If it does, can you shim the Front Base of the SP100 to accommodate.

3) It is likely that I will go for the Sound Anchors but does anyone have any other Speaker Stand Recommendations.

SP100's will be on a Second Level suspended Plywood Floor with Carpet. My previous Sound Anchor Stands provided good stability on this semi wonky Plywood Floor but I would like some recommendations since I have been far removed from the Market.

Thanks in advance,

 

David

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Harbeth 40.2 owner here. My experience is that open-topped stands are better than ones with a plate, and my preference runs to wood stands rather than metal. I went with custom stands from a local woodworker because everything commercial placed the Harbeth tweeter too high for my listening position. I’m aware that the Spendor tweeter is in the "mid" position, but allowing for that I still think you should aim to have it close to ear-height.

Other considerations: are you going to use something like Herbie’s footers or Isoacoustics Gaias on the feet of the stand? What kind of interface will you use between the bottom of the speaker and the plate/tops of the legs. I ended up using cork pads, but there are many options. Factor in all these, feet/interface etc., into your height considerations.

Dimensions: I’m guessing SA expect a slight overhang on all four sides; more elegant I suppose than having the speaker smaller than the plate it’s sitting on.

 

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