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Monitor/Speaker Stands
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| Chris Allen |
I have 2 KRK Rokit 8 monitors and I'm curious about a proper place to buy stands for them.
Looking at about the 32" range for height as that works perfectly with how I sit in the studio.
I live in Canada and it would be nice to purchase in-country, but will purchase from US if needed.
Any recommendations other than 'make your own' ? |
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| Neo Hacker |
I'm also interested in the answers.
FLAG !:D |
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| i got big pants |
| check out the onstage sms-6000. $100 for two. they are adjustable from 36" to 52". for the price you really can't go wrong. i got mine for $50. |
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| dark_Omens |
| Heavy as possible. Will they be sitting on carpet or hardwood? Make sure they come with spikes if they are on carpet, or some kind of rubber pads if on a hard surface. See if you can fill them with sand as well. The wider and thicker the support beam the better as well. |
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| echosystm |
the proper place for krk's is in the bin.
ROFFELZ
ok, now about your stands... you make them yourself for two reasons:
1. pro grade stands cost $200 each, where you can make as good/better for $25 each.
2. pro grade stands are always at a fixed height, which is never exactly where you need it to have the tweeters aligned with your ears.
This is my design. You fill the PVC pipe with sand to absorb resonances. This will work better than the typical metal cylinder style stands, because PVC is obviously less rigid. Cut the PVC pipe at the exact height you need the speakers. BTW: the pipe is a standard 100mm downpipe.
If you're going to make stands like this, you might as well put your speakers in the right place too. They need to be as far away from you as they are from eachother. If you imagine each speaker and your head form 3 points, you would get an equilateral triangle. The distance should be around 1m to 1.2m. Now you need to angle them in. You have two choices -cross over infront of you, or behind you. You do NOT want to be listening at the exact point where the signals cross over, because there is alot of phaasing/combfilting/etc. For djing it is always best to have the crossover infront of you, because you will often move back and forth. |
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| Allied Nations |
| been seeing a lot of hanging moniors lately... cool idea will try and find pics |
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| aLviNx80 |
| quote: | Originally posted by i got big pants
check out the onstage sms-6000. $100 for two. they are adjustable from 36" to 52". for the price you really can't go wrong. i got mine for $50. |
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I use the sms-6000s for my krk v6's. it works out perfect for me. it comes with spikes also.
check it out. |
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