30" and 40" speaker stands for RTi6 and RTi4

[alibaba128]

I'm looking for tall speaker stands for my RTi6 mains and RTi4 surrounds. I figured a 30" stand for the mains would be ideal, and around 36"-42" for the surrounds.

My problem is that these are pretty big bookshelf, especially the RTi6 at 8" wide by 14" deep, and I cannot seem to find a stand with a top plate that's big enough. Most stands have a 6"x6" or smaller top plate : there's no way this will securely support my speakers! Plus the RTi6 is actually larger than the base plate of most stands !

At this point the only stands that kinda approach my needs seem to be the SS series by KK Audio ($160/pair) which have 10"x10" top plates and which I would need to order with a custom, bigger top plate. Another option is Skylan (starts at $195/pair for 26"). I find both options to be a bit expensive... I'm starting to think if I was to spend 200$ on stands I should have gotten floorstanders for my mains instead :confused:

Any suggestions?

[mizthuphee]

I was in the same situation when I got my LSi9 and found this, http://www.standsandmounts.com/index.asp?PageAction=VIEWPROD&ProdID=1022 it was the largest top plate I found and went for it. Filled it the posts with sand, used some Blu Tack to hold the LSi9. Blu Tack was great, now I can even lift the LSi9 with the stand.

[jimmydep]

I was in the same situation when I got my LSi9 and found this, http://www.standsandmounts.com/index.asp?PageAction=VIEWPROD&ProdID=1022 it was the largest top plate I found and went for it. Filled it the posts with sand, used some Blu Tack to hold the LSi9. Blu Tack was great, now I can even lift the LSi9 with the stand.

I have these stands with LSIFX's on them. They are very sturdy and well built, I think the top plate is 6"x8" but they supported the speakers well. I used double sided heavy duty foam tape to hold the speaker to the top plate.

Fill the post with playsand so it doesn't resonate!!!!! DO it before you put the top plate on.

The only problem I found was the wood floor protector disks they give you to put under the carpet spikes, Absolutly NO Good!! I picked up some appliance feet from Home Depot and replaced the threaded spikes with them.


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Good luck
Jimmy

[alibaba128]

Thanks guys for the suggestions!

After all I found that I needed two pairs of 36" stands. 30" in the front would have put the front tweeters too low, and 42" in the back would have put the rear tweeters too high above ear level considering that the rears will not be very far from the listening position.

After searching some more I thought about looking into recording studio furniture and found these, the Raxxess ERSS-36 :

http://www.raxxess.com/assets/erss_f.jpg

They're 3/4" MDF, 5"x5" center post with 12"x12" base and top platform, and they are fillable. The finish is a nice non-glossy black wood grain imitation melamine. They look way better in person than in the picture above (they look glossy in the picture), and will actually match my black RTis quite well. At 37 lbs per pair (as written on the box) they're pretty heavy already, although I do plan on filling them half-way with some Daisy BB chrome-plated steel (not lead!!) shots that I've seen at Walmart (6000 shots i.e. about 5 lbs for 11$).

[jimmydep]

They look nice!!
I filled my metal stands with playsand (50lbs for $3.75 at home depot) I only needed 1/3 of the bag. I don't know which would be better to fill the post with, but the MDF won't resonate nearly as much as my metal stands did.

Where are my manners Welcome to CP.

Jimmy

[alibaba128]

Thanks Jimmy!

Well, mild steel has roughly 5 times the density of sand (dry sand, that is).

Since the speakers will make the stands top-heavy I think I will first fill the bottom with three 6000 shots containers (about 15 lbs) then fill up the rest with sand. After all, I don't think I will fill them half-way with steel shots as I first intended, cause a small calculation shows that this corresponds to about 50 lbs of added weight in each stand, which I think would be a bit overkill !!

[F1nut]

Skylan stands and lead shot, the only way to fly.