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.

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Densified Wood is a name given that covers the methodologies used to produce the product.

Brand Names commonly selected are Panzerholz and Permali.

Panzerholz as a product is mostly used within Audio as the B25 material with the Wood Grain orientated as a Cross Grain on the Laminations.

Permali is usually EV6 again it is to have the Cross Grain Orientation on the laminations.

Each can be found as supplied boards with a thicknesses that ranges from 5mm - 100mm.

The Link will show a description offered by a individual who's career, will have introduced them to many options for a material to be selected. Panzerholz is quite important to the production of this Companies Designs.

  https://www.monoandstereo.com/2014/11/interview-with-rainer-weber-of-kaiser.html

 

@townshend-audio 

Excellent post! That must sum up exactly what you are trying to accomplish with your successful product. But I am confused why you wouldn’t address my question. You sent me a PM saying you don’t get involved in forum conversations. You have massive exposure and I’m sure many sales as a result of this forum. I would think you would be eager to answer any questions we might have to garner more sales. 
 

regards 

@townshend-audio 

I agree with @ronboco - nice post.  I appreciate how you acknowledged how the concept of a "spring" can cover a wide range of elastic devices.

The spring may be anything “springy”, from elastic, rubber, coiled steel, straight steel, air-bladders to flexible wooden strips. As long as it has sufficient spring or compliance, when optimised with an appropriate mass, a mechanical low pass filter is realised.

@townshend-audio

In my system, your isolation technology (speakers bars and seismic platforms for components) are audibly superior to what they replaced, Isoacsoutics Gaia and and Orea. It appears Isoacoustics Gaia does transfer too much energy to the floor for example, as overall midbass through midrange clarity was greatly improved over the Gaias. Also the Isolation Platform was audibly superior to that of the Isoacoustic Delos platform under my Clearuadio Ovation table. Townshend makes effective products. The representative I dealt with (John) was efficient, friendly enough and the transaction was prompt and seamless.