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Need Suggestions For Raising Speaker Height

This is a pretty silly question but I want to know how others deal with this issue. I currently use Skylan stands for my GMA Callisto monitors. I'm in the process of obtaining new speakers but all of the ones I'm interested in are much smaller than my current speakers. In order to keep the tweeters "near" ear level, I need to either buy new stands (not happening) or raise my existing stands by at least 2-3 inches. Obviously I could stick a phone book or two under the stands but prefer to fine a more stable and visually appealing solution (WAF issue).

Any suggestions?
mightyburner
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marakanetz
5,473 posts
 
Few different ways:

1. Cut the middle and weld the extention
2. Cut the wood slab in Home Depot of desired width and thickness to match the base of the stands
3. You can order granite slabs of the same size(or elegantly waf-compatible larger) of desired thicknes from the local monument shop. It may look silly, but will work. The owner would probably be happy to create something for alive:-)
donjr
1,335 posts
 
I would contact Noel at Sklyan and ask him if you can get longer legs for your stands. They're all a standard size for the most part, just cut to different lengths. That's got to be the least expensive part of the stand since it's just a hollow rectangle. That's the only way it's going to look good.
mightyburner OP
30 posts
 
@Marakanet - The wood and granite slabs sound do-able. I wonder if it would be stable though. I imagine it would be but I'll have to take off the spikes if I use granite and use blue tack or something. The "alive" comment was funny.

@Donjr- I thought the same thing too but when I spoke to Noel he shot the idea down immediately. Something about it not being worth it for him to make just the legs. That makes no sense so me so maybe I misunderstood him.
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sebrof
835 posts
 
Not sure what your speakers and stands look like, size, etc. so this might not work. But I raised my floorstanders up a few inches by going to Home Depot and getting a trailer block (or something like that). It's a $5 block of concrete approximately 14" x 14" x 3" that I painted black. They looked fine in my dedicated room, not sure how you (or your wife) would like to have them in the Living Room, or how they'd work with your flooring. But after painting they really didn't look bad, didn't look like concrete blocks.
Just a thought
rrog
1,958 posts
 
There is no reason to raise your speakers. All you need to do is tilt them back. You can accurately do this by using a drafting T and a laser. With the long end of the T pointed at your listening position tilt the speaker back until the laser is at ear level. Raising the speaker will only distance the speaker even farther from a critical room boundery.
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