Recent content by monstrous lie

Yes, this is how I have made speaker cradles in the past - and other stuff like a rack for amplifiers. However the speaker manufacturer emphasises that the stands should be an open framework with no reflective surfaces or enclosed spaces, which is why I felt I ought to be a bit more ambitious...

Hmm .. yes, that's probably right. A position in which the mass, shape and centre of gravity of the speaker cabinet tries to make it settle. It will probable end up pointing at the light fixtures! ML

Crikey! what sound pressure levels would you need to generate for the speaker to try and escape off the back of the stand? My intention would be to push two or three rubber "O" rings onto each of the upper dowels for the speaker cabinet to rest on. They should provide some "stiction" to resist...

Thanks to all contributors for the ideas and enthusiasm. In answer to the question above, I have attached a sketch of the sort of thing I have in mind. Each cradle would consist of two side frames, and the two side frames would be joined together by four doweling rods. The picture is for one...

Hmm .. Turns out you can buy exactly the sort of thing I need on Etsy! Bit more expensive, obviously, but this looks like the way to go. ML

I wondered about that, but they don't seem to do them any more. I think I have seen pictures of the little Shahinian speakers mounted on tilted low cradles. Perhaps Pear Audio would have some ideas. Agree with you about not hearing the difference between different woods. I was thinking of balsa...

I need to build some short stands for my stand-mount loudspeakers. Because of general congestion and footfall in the area where they are located, I don't want them sitting on narrow stands at waist height as you might normally expect to see them - they would be too easy to knock-off if someone...

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Very carefully is the answer! I used an 'L' shaped Allen key - a very slim one - to slide down into the channel between the outer plywood box edge and the pyramid-shaped former for the grille. When it gets to the bottom twist it inwards so that the short length of the 'L' locates under the edge...

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This is a very nice pair of Obelisks in cherry-wood finish. The serial numbers are 10379 and 10380, which makes them 2008 build according to Vasken Shahinian. They are 8-driver models (see picture) and all drivers are fully working. Cosmetically they are excellent with the only significant...

That's how I see it too. Selling you a service and then charging extra to ensure that service is carried out as agreed is a nonsense. Imagine going into a grocery and buying a bag of flour. You pay your £2.50 or whatever but then the grocer says "Ah, but it will be an extra £2.50 if you want me...

I wondered where you had got to! I looked up from my oatmeal muffin and ginger-pop and you were nowhere to be seen. I'm glad my steward found you and escorted you to the top of the roof, though; I knew you would like it there. Well what an afternoon it was, and what an honour for me as a new...

Well, yes and no. I am a qualified lawyer, but it was 1976 when I was called to the bar. Plus I never practised in the field of consumer rights and I have been retired for several years now anyway, so I am really not offering these learnings as my own "professional" opinion. Rather I am...