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DIY nearfield monitor support
Posted: Fri Oct 24, 2008 7:25 pm
by Phazinhead
Hello everybody !
I'm new on this forum and I'm very happy to find so much informations about acoustics !
I'm going to write a thread for my case, but before that I would just win some time. I'm planning to place my monitors (Event TR8) on support, but I would like to build it myself. Do you think that a square section column could do the job correctly ? I was wondering of a column made in wood and to fill it in with sand of maybe half concrete and half sand so as to avoid any resonnance and to have a stable and solid support... does somebody already tried it ?
thanks a lot for your help !
Posted: Mon Oct 27, 2008 10:06 pm
by tomislav
Studio Monitor Stands on Wooden Plank Flooring - Decoupling
Here is the link xSpace sent me just yesterday.
Hope it helps.
Posted: Tue Oct 28, 2008 2:21 am
by Phazinhead
Hi Tomislav !
thank you very much for your reply !
Re: DIY nearfield monitor support
Posted: Thu Feb 05, 2009 12:12 am
by yellowfever
OK. I have my monitors mounted onto auralex decouplers, which are on quiklok purpose built stands on SPIKES onto a wooden laminate floor on concrete. Question - do the spikes actually do more harm than good? I can often 'feel' a 'rumble' through my feet when the volume is raised (bass presumably). Someone on another forum suggests spikes are a
bad idea. I'm confused now
Re: DIY nearfield monitor support
Posted: Fri Feb 06, 2009 9:22 am
by yellowfever
Nobody?
Re: DIY nearfield monitor support
Posted: Tue Feb 10, 2009 1:13 am
by Ro
how "heavy" are the stands?
Re: DIY nearfield monitor support
Posted: Tue Feb 10, 2009 5:52 am
by yellowfever
The stands are these:
http://www.dv247.com/invt/3180/ each weighing 4.8Kg.
Monitors are Mackie HR624's, which each weigh 12.25Kg.
Checking them, they do have a bit of a wobble
Re: DIY nearfield monitor support
Posted: Fri Feb 13, 2009 12:14 am
by Ro
Those speakerstands are light and will flank easy. Making a heavy stand will help "isolate" the waves going through the material (mass law). Easy to make them "jump" on the laminated floor.
Make sure they're stable for starters.
Those auralex decouplers, are they any good? I mean, do they "spring" correctly? (when placing a speaker on those pads, will the material compress a bit. say 10-20%?)
Re: DIY nearfield monitor support
Posted: Thu Mar 05, 2009 9:50 pm
by Jeroen
Ro wrote:Those auralex decouplers, are they any good? I mean, do they "spring" correctly? (when placing a speaker on those pads, will the material compress a bit. say 10-20%?)
they do...
i've got them and i've got my second pair of speakers on Thomann's own label. But the one by Auralex are much firmer, which would be much better with medium sized speakers I think. The Thomann's are quite soft.