Monitor Stands - Made of Stone

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. 

1. Triangles are more stable than squares and have 25% less contact area.

2. The biggest issue with monitors IMHO is the back and forth movement of the woofer causing equal/opposite rocking of the speaker cabinet, which seriously degrades bass to mid-bass performance so be careful how much you angle them back, and even in some cases consider a weight on top of the speaker. Several have reported this to be extremely "clarifying."

The back and forth issue has a lot to do with how high up the woofers are and where the center of mass is over the stand footers.  Worth considering as you set up.

@townshend-audio  should probably know that there are problems happening for good, patient people (as I know the OP is). I hope the Live Vibe works out well for you!

@erik_squires  

Agreed, (3) points are better than (4). Not to trumpet the brand but Live Vibe espouses (3) points of contact. (3) points will always equalize whereas (4) points are prone to wobble. 

I've not tried placing weights on the top of the monitors but I love the suggestion. Easy enough to try it out. Thanks. 

I was worried about rear mounted woofers until I heard a couple models. Both the Kii Threes and the Dutch & Dutch 8c's have very clean bass and great imaging (a tell tale test for any box suffering from vibration issues). 

To be clear, I'm not experiencing any imaging or excessive vibration issues. This project is more aesthetic than anything else. I just don't want to introduce something that would be a step backwards. I would assume most objects with a decent amount of weight/mass well anchored to the floor would suffice. 

I had originally thought 1/2" or 1" steel plate would be a good material but apparently any surface that you might rightly call "plate", even a very heavy one, is prone to ringing. Take note those of you with large DACs or Amplifiers. Easy enough to test, just rap the top/side of your box with your knuckles. Thus something monolithic like a good size chunk of stone would appear to be a better option. Not perfect but better than most speaker stands I've come across. 

Thanks for chiming in folks, I really appreciate the input. Always learning something new from you all.  

I’ve settled on Live Vibe Audio. Yes more expensive but superior to Townsend based on every review I’ve come across.

I’m glad that you are happy with them, but this strikes me as quite an overstatement. In any case, it’s important to note that the two companies are using very different technologies, as LVA is intentionally coupling components to the ground, while TA is decoupling. So the results are certain to be different, and will be subject to the preferences of individual listeners.