Evolution Acoustics MMMicroOne

Krell_man. My point was that I don't think it takes too much to build a very good stand for a small speaker. The stands from Sound Anchors are about as overbuilt as I've ever seen. Incredibly heavy, sturdy, and inert. All the things you want from a speaker stand. They make a single post stand that would work great with the MMMicro One. And even filled and tuned, it's less than $350.
A friend of mine has a pair of their four post stands and I'm convinced you could park a semi truck on top of those things. And absolutely dead silent.

So, yes, a good quality stand is absolutely important. But when something like Sound Anchor exists, I just don't see the point in a $1500 brass stand. No matter how "super" they call it. I don't quite understand how it would be any better. Well, it might look prettier. I'll grant that. But performance, not sure how that would work. (Or why it would matter.)

Thats all I'm saying. Not trying to say that a good stand isn't important.

A well built stand is nothing special. It's not rocket science.

Prdprez, spoken from personal experience? Conjecture?

I personally believe in mechanical grounding and its positive effects on a system. I use a stand mounted speaker where the stand/speaker union is critical to performance. Without the stand, the speaker is just not the same. I have used run-of-the-mill stands on speakers in the past, and I can understand why you would arrive at those conclusions.

Hi Agear,
What do you mean by mechanical grounding? By this, do you mean coupling to the floor and speaker? (versus isolation) That's no more complicated than using a heavy enough stand and spikes that will lock into the floor and a hard connection with the speaker, such as a spike interface between the speaker and stand. Neither of these are very expensive to implement.
Or is there something more complicated to it that I'm missing?
Thanks!

Peterayer, well I spent a good deal of time listening to the MMMicros driven by the new BMC integrated amp. They played a tape of Hugh Masekela's Stimela, and I was just in awe! I have never heard this so perfectly captured. No doubt much was attributable to the tape, but the speakers never protested and captured even the thunderous drumming.

Prdprez, one of my experiences this summer belies your argument. I had the LSA1 Statement speakers on the sand filled steel and cheap speaker stands. I have four of the mindblowing StilllPoints Ultra Fives sitting around awaiting my new BMC speakers. I decided to try them under the LSA stands. I was shocked at the improvement. We are beset by vibrations in seeking realism in our music reproduction.

Prdprez, do you speak from experience? What stands are you using now? In the past? That will help frame this discussion.