Brett, I've had the Sound Anchors stands on my 1.5s for about four months. Honestly, I can't believe anyone has 1.5s and doesn't have the stands. It's not even the same speaker. Improvements:
The sound stage is increased.
The music doesn't sound like it's being played by two foot tall people.
The brightness is partially tamed because the aluminum tweeter isn't pointing at your ears (rest of the brightness is cabling and equipment).
The bass is tighter and more natural sounding.
The speakers are coupled to the floor better.
Theres a lot more air around the instruments and singers.
It's easier to hookup the cabling.
Rear spikes are used to position the speaker on the stand.
They look cool.
There are no negatives. Period. My wife was very skeptical about spending $325 on stands for floor standing speakers. When we put them up she was the one who asked why we didn't get them sooner. They're that impressive. My words don't even do the difference justice.
The guy at Sound Anchors I talked to (can't remember his name) was more than friendly. The price tag includes shipping. The packaging is better than that of the Thiels themselves.
My only advice is to tighten the heck out of the spikes. If you feel the speaker wobble, the spikes aren't tight enough. That spike tightness adds the last 10% of performance to the speaker. I wouldn't do this until I had the toe-in figured out though (the less the better).
Sorry for rambling on. I am still very excited about the stands. It's easily the best audio purchase that I didn't know I should have made sooner.
My system: Rotel 965 pre, Adcom 7400 amp, Rega Planet 2000 cd, REL Strata III sub, MIT 330/750 cabling.
Let me know if you have anymore questions. I'd be more than happy to answer them.
The sound stage is increased.
The music doesn't sound like it's being played by two foot tall people.
The brightness is partially tamed because the aluminum tweeter isn't pointing at your ears (rest of the brightness is cabling and equipment).
The bass is tighter and more natural sounding.
The speakers are coupled to the floor better.
Theres a lot more air around the instruments and singers.
It's easier to hookup the cabling.
Rear spikes are used to position the speaker on the stand.
They look cool.
There are no negatives. Period. My wife was very skeptical about spending $325 on stands for floor standing speakers. When we put them up she was the one who asked why we didn't get them sooner. They're that impressive. My words don't even do the difference justice.
The guy at Sound Anchors I talked to (can't remember his name) was more than friendly. The price tag includes shipping. The packaging is better than that of the Thiels themselves.
My only advice is to tighten the heck out of the spikes. If you feel the speaker wobble, the spikes aren't tight enough. That spike tightness adds the last 10% of performance to the speaker. I wouldn't do this until I had the toe-in figured out though (the less the better).
Sorry for rambling on. I am still very excited about the stands. It's easily the best audio purchase that I didn't know I should have made sooner.
My system: Rotel 965 pre, Adcom 7400 amp, Rega Planet 2000 cd, REL Strata III sub, MIT 330/750 cabling.
Let me know if you have anymore questions. I'd be more than happy to answer them.