Monitor Stands - Made of Stone
Friends,
I recently purchased a pair of Dutch & Dutch 8c monitors.
I'm very disappointed by the lack of well designed (and aesthetically pleasing) stands on the market. So being an architect I’ve decided to take matters into my own hands and design my own. A very good friend of mine who’s very talented stone mason has offered to help me build a pair of stone pedestals.
I’m curious if any of you have been down this road and what type of stone you’ve used and what the results were?
I’m going to use Live Vibe Audio products beneath the monitors to displace resonance/vibration into the mass of the stone pedestals, which will yield much better results than anything placed on my 2nd level wood floor. The pedestals I’ve been told will weigh 200+ pounds each and are just simple rectangular extrusions of the monitors footprint.
I welcome all thoughts and ideas.
Typically stone is not used because of it resonance.. I have a one inch thick plate of granite under my amp. I used springs above and vibrapods below to isolate the granite and the steal stand with spikes it sits on , so mostly it is supplying weight. Without the isolation it was not good. I’m not an expert, but I am fairly sure that what I have done mitigates the problem, but that one need be careful in using it. |
Based on this research paper (see link below) it doesn’t appear that stone would resonate in any significant manner detrimental to our 20hz - 20khz hearing range. I’m not saying stone is perfect, and different types behave differently, but when stone resonates it’s mostly at the high end and above or range of what’s audible. https://www.hindawi.com/journals/sv/2019/6326510/# I imagine Acora (speakers) made of granite and considered some of the finest speakers in the world right now, wouldn’t have chosen this material if it wasn’t great for controlling vibration and resonance.
A harmonic impact force with the amplitude of 1000 N and the excitation frequency of 10 kHz and 20 kHz are exerted on the granite and sandstone with the dimension of 200 mm × 200 mm × 200 mm, respectively. The response results of rocks are shown in Figure 5. When the excitation frequency is within the range of 0∼10 kHz, the resonance frequency of granite is 6900 Hz, and that of sandstone is 8700 Hz. However, when the excitation frequency is within the range of 0∼20 kHz, the resonance frequencies of granite and sandstone are 10.6 kHz and 16.2 kHz, respectively. It can be seen that the resonance frequencies of the rock are different under different ranges of excitation frequency. As the excitation frequency increases, the resonance frequency of the rock also increases.
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@soix I have considered Townsend. I spent several days trying to make a purchase with them and finally gave up. Not the best customer service experience. The team at Live Vibe are incredibly talented and have decades of experience. I also love their return/upgrade policy. |
Sorry to hear about your poor experience with Townshend — that’s awful, but glad you’ve found a good alternative (and they’re certainly much better looking IMHO). I’d love to see a pic of your stands when they’re done, and I’m sure they’ll be fantastic and much better looking than black metal stands. Great speakers too BTW. |
