A speaker stand with room for an amp?


I have rather large 2-way stand/bookshelf speakers and I'm thinking of going 100% active with them.  They have an external passive crossover already, so there's nothing to rewire internally.  What would be nice is if there were room for a small Class D stereo amplifier to be hidden in the stand.  Even better if it was adjustable for angle. 

erik_squires

Wondering if the vibrations of the speaker would affect the performance of the amp.

@kennyc I’m going to have to live with that, but at the end of the day the amps have to go somewhere. I’d like to have as short a speaker cable as possible.

 

@phusis I’m not running a broad based research project here. I have specific needs I want to accomplish. I will use a stereo amplifier for each speaker and I will put each amplifier underneath a speaker.

By an "ideal world" I mean it would be nice to have a stereo amplifier with built-in crossover and DSP in a shelf-ready form factor. All I can find in this regard are plate amps from Hypex or miniDSP which are meant for cabinets. I already have much of the ICEpower amplifiers I need. With some new cases I can build the stereo amps, but will still have to acquire a new miniDSP with balanced outputs.

Hi everyone,

So I've been doing some measurements and it looks like I can replace the existing speaker terminals and insert a plate amplifier that will fit my speakers.  I didn't think this was possible because the Hypex plate amps are all too long, but miniDSP offers an ICEpower version that is perfect.  My woodworking skills/tools are not up for the task though.  I'm going to have to ask for help.

This will solve all my connectivity problems!

Thanks for your help,

 

Erik