20th October 2012
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#1 | | Gear nut
Joined: Jun 2012 Location: England
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Thread Starter | Raising Studio Monitors
Hello there,
I'm looking to take my home studio up a notch, I'm planning on getting a new audio interface, smaller M-Audio monitors for casual listening and some speaker stands for my current monitors to raise the tweeters to ear level / have some space underneath them for other things.
I've been looking at speaker stands and I've encountered two problems...
1) Much, much too expensive for what they are.
2) Too high and not adjustable.
I should imagine other people have encountered this problem before, but my question is, how did you get round it?
I'll be looking for about 30cm height, give or take a few centimetres, but something that's cheap, paying £100 for (sorry, just going to have to dull it down to what it really is...) metal.
Any brands or easy-peasy DIY projects anyone can recommend?
I have seen the types that you sit your monitors on at a backwards angle, but if I purchased those then I would still have the space issue.
Suggestions?
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21st October 2012
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#2 | | Lives for gear
Joined: Jul 2010 Location: Skövde, Sweden
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Wotcha Chris!
Cinder blocks or sand filled mdf pillars are both pretty popular cheap solutions, you'll find lots of examples with the search function! 
Cheers,
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21st October 2012
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#3 | | Gear nut
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Thread Starter | Quote:
Originally Posted by SörenHjalmarsson  Wotcha Chris!
Cinder blocks or sand filled mdf pillars are both pretty popular cheap solutions, you'll find lots of examples with the search function!
Cheers, | A bit skeptical about the cinder blocks, trying to keep a theme, did look for "wooden" cinder blocks but no luck finding anywhere to buy them despite seeing so many photos.
The MDF pillars sounded good, but much too big for what I need them for, I did have a think earlier, I thought it'd be cool to have like the cube shelving units and pop them on top of those then I'd have some space underneath for other things, I've just had no luck finding places to buy them seperately :(
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21st October 2012
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#4 | | Lives for gear
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Originally Posted by Chrislineham A bit skeptical about the cinder blocks, trying to keep a theme, did look for "wooden" cinder blocks but no luck finding anywhere to buy them despite seeing so many photos. | Some people glue wooden panels to their cinder blocks (so that they don't look like CB's anymore), some place woody pillars around/outside the CB's (not touching them) and others paint them.... Your imagination sets the boundaries!  Quote: |
The MDF pillars sounded good, but much too big for what I need them for,
| You can construct them to whatever size you need... Quote: |
I did have a think earlier, I thought it'd be cool to have like the cube shelving units and pop them on top of those then I'd have some space underneath for other things, I've just had no luck finding places to buy them seperately :(
| The important thing is that the stands are heavy, sturdy and that they don't resonate!
EDIT: Whether you need to couple or decouple the stands to/from the floor depends on the nature of the floor in question.
/Sören
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22nd October 2012
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#5 | | Lives for gear
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Originally Posted by Chrislineham ...
I'll be looking for about 30cm height, give or take a few centimetres, but ... | That's only like one foot tall...
are you putting these ON your desk?
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22nd October 2012
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#6 | | Gear nut
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Thread Starter | Quote:
Originally Posted by AwwDeOhh That's only like one foot tall...
are you putting these ON your desk? | Yeah, they'll be for my desk, haven't got enough space to have them floor standing.
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22nd October 2012
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#7 | | Lives for gear
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My advice is to try and make room, you don't want the speakers ON your desk...
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22nd October 2012
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#8 | | Gear nut
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Thread Starter | Quote:
Originally Posted by SörenHjalmarsson My advice is to try and make room, you don't want the speakers ON your desk... | It's really tricky :( I would have liked to but it's a really diddy room, there isn't much space to throw around :o\\
*Edit*
I will also be getting isolation pads to go on the bottom of my monitors.
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23rd October 2012
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#9 | | Lives for gear
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If the main objective is to raise the monitors a couple of cm there really shouldn't be much of a problem. If we don't have to care about such things as speaker position WRT modal coupling, SBIR, resonation, specular and/or diffractive reflections (i.e. if we don't mind that the speaker response will be colored by the circumstances of the listening space) we can do whatever we want to achieve our goal!  Why didn't you say so!? 
1. Wrap a couple of phone books (~30cm worth of height) in a nice looking fabric! 
2. See what IKEA (or simular stores) have to offer. You can always find inspiration that way, then you can head down to the hardware store and custom make your own versions! RAST Avlastningsbord - IKEA
3. Cut and paint a couple of Lecablocks: Fasta bordstativ till monitorer. - Studio forum
4. Buy or DIY a couple of metal stands: http://www.quiklok.com/400x400/sku_QL_322.jpg MUSIKBÖRSEN - Tillbehör Genelec 8000-406 (Art:184797)
5. Fasten a nice woodshelf (or two small ones) to your front wall and put your monitors ontop of it.
That's all i could think of right now....
/Sören
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23rd October 2012
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#10 | | Gear nut
Joined: Jun 2012 Location: England
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Thread Starter |
Ikea, excellent idea, found the sort of thing I'm after, it's the right kind of size too! :D FÖRHÖJA Wall cabinet - birch - IKEA
Thanks so much!
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23rd October 2012
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#11 | | Lives for gear
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Don't mention it buddy, hope it works out well for you!  | |
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