I went to a countertop store and bought 2 pieces of 2 inch thick black granite. I had them cut to size and polished for under 100.00. These pieces were in kind of a scrap pile they had where each one started out as the large cutout for the sink.
Looking for speaker base suggestions
I have a pair of black ATC SCM19A speakers, 68 lbs, which sit on a moderately deep shag living room carpet. The speakers came with long spikes but they sink into the carpet, such that the bottom doesn't clear all the way around. I'm looking for not so expensive, but reasonable looking ideas for a couple of bases for better isolation that raise the speakers, with or without the spikes, no more than 1"-2" and are roughly 14" square. Wood blocks that I could paint black are one idea. Isoacoustic stands, which I use under my desktop speakers, are neither very attractive nor low enough. Other ideas? A photo of the speakers is at
(http://atcloudspeakers.co.uk/hi-fi/loudspeakers/entry-series/scm19a/). Thanks,
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Congrats on the awesome speakers! Look nice and sound even better. I would not worry about isolation - a shag carpet is about as dead acoustically as it gets. If you prefer the aesthetics of raising further the speakers then ask ATC if they can get you longer spikes. Honestly a wood block or stone tiles is going to look real Mickey Mouse - like a student in college with speakers on books in their dorm rather than an owner of some of the finest sounding speakers anywhere. |
Dear highstream, you have one hell of a great set of speakers there, we just became ATC dealers and their speakers are fantastic! From everything I hear the Isoacoustics products are getting raves that they decouple the speakers from the floor and provide an tilt feature. Check them out. Troy sales Audio Doctor www.audiodoctor.com new website coming 877 428 2873 |
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