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Speaker stands for B&W 804s

Currently, I run my B&W 804s on thick carpet, but the side to side stability is lacking, they tip easily, esp if I bump them slightly during vacuuming the carpet. They seem to be worse (stability wise) with the spikes installed, although these seem to be essential for good sonic performance.

So I was looking for a good speaker stand that would improve (or at least not degrade) the sound. I have it narrowed to two products; a Sound Anchors "T" type or the much more expensive Mapleshade type of Plynth.

With the Sound Anchors you bolt the speakers to them, so the stability is good, but I don't know about the sound.

With the Mapleshade 12x15 or 15x18 plynth, you place the 804 on top but they can still tip rather easily, unless you somehow can bolt them to the 2" or 4" thick maple board with the M6 screws (which requires considerable modification). Mapleshade recommends large brass footers be mounted to the speaker itself, before placement on the plynth, but I am not sure how stable this will be as it really does not widen the footprint of the speaker much over that with stock spikes. The large brass footers are also very expensive at between $100-150 each ($400-600 per speaker).

Has anyone had experience with either of these two stands and can give me some feedback?

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zmanastronomy
738 posts
 
Sound Anchors are highly regarded. Sonics and stability.
You can spend more... but why?
vladimir
346 posts
 
I owned B&W 804 and had the same problem. I would suggest to get Soundocity speaker outriggers. I think the company went bankrupt, but I'm sure you can get them on ebay or Audiogon.
polk432
1,142 posts
 
Check out soundanchor speaker stands. I have a pair of Cinema Adjustables being delivered this week. They are sand filled, take about 3 weeks to make, come with spikes and can be made adjustable 5'' to 48''. I need mine 48'' tall. Some are even motorized. The bases and plinths can be custom sized too. Great for leveling and for stability. I've always had floorstanders, so it take some time to get used to stands. I have Boltz stands now, but spikes are 120 per stand if you can find them. Good luck.
mechans
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I am not sure if Eden Sound out of Vermont is still making brass footers, but his prices for very heavy brass footers were much much less than MapleShade's. They would add significant stability and on top of a thick board/plinth would be even better. The outriggers I agree would likely provide the most stability of all however.
brianmgrarcom
1,317 posts
 
Unless something changed, you don't bolt 804's to Sound Anchor stands. I used to have N803's and the addition of the Sound Anchor stands was a very nice improvement, where the bass was tightened up and the mid-range gained some clarity. Between the speakers and stands Sound Acnhor includes Blue-Tac, which keeps the speakers from sliding on the stands, it holds them quite well.
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