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Which wood and design for diy monitor stands?

I am going to build a pair of wooden speaker stands. I have experimented with oak planks that are 3/4 inch thich. I stacked them on isolation cones and then tilted the monitor speakers until I liked the sound stage height and overall sound. I like the overall height to be at about 12" heigh. So before I start. Which wood is best? And ... should I glue together pieces so that there is one chunk of wood ... or have two wooden plates contected by wooden 2x4s?

All advice is appreciated.
Andy
andyth

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andyth OP
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Hanaleimike,

those are really beautiful stands. So you decided to use posts that attach to planks on each end. Do you think that it would sound better if the wood was solid the whole way up?

Zenblaster,

I have a friend who is a pro cabinet maker who is going to make these for me and a major reason is WAF. So I want to stay away from the box look.

thanks
andy
andyth OP
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Thanks everyone,

I've been impressed with how the speakers sounded with the ten planks of oak wood that I placed together. I think that I'm just going to level them, glue them and add a two inch maple top and call it my stands. Still thinking about using marble on the top. Any advice on that?

Andy
andyth OP
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Once again thanks for the input. I purchased a pair of sanus ultimate foundation stands but ..... they didn't pass WAF. So now my current concept is to have a 12 inch by 12 inch by 1 1/2 inch maple or oak base (do I need a metal base plate?). I'll make a triangle tube of three maple 8X1 boards. Kitty litter fill them 60 to 70% full. Have a maple 1 1/2 inch speaker plate. I have jumbo dh ceramic cones and screw down the monitor to the base. I'm going to use ribbed rubber around 1 inch cork for my footers.

Any last advice before I start?

andy
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