Monitor Stands?

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I am looking for a cheap pair of monitor stands to hold 2 8" monitors. I have seen the junky on stage stuff that I really wouldn't trust to hold up but everything else is like 200 dollars which I think is amazing. Any brand or something you use that is more reasonable?
 
You can make your own for a VERY, VERY, VERY affordable price.
 
Another vote for DIY. All you need is 5"-6" DIA PVC pipe, Closet Flange PVC fittings and 1'x1' MDF boards which Home Depot will cut to size for you. You can fill them with sand too cut down on the resonance inside the pipe, but it's optional
 
I absolutely suck at making stuff on my own unless two things are present,

a good step by step list of what i need to do

and tons of pictures.

but if you guys have that or would at least be willing to walk me through it I would love that. As long as they look pretty solid and I will feel safe keeping my speakers on them, that would be awesome. Thanks guys.

Doesn't sound to hard from what you just listed, roughly how much would this cost me and what kind of tools would I need?
 
Oh yea, and if anyone has pics of the stands that they made themselves I'd be interested to see what they look like. Thanks dudes.
 
booyah14 said:
Oh yea, and if anyone has pics of the stands that they made themselves I'd be interested to see what they look like. Thanks dudes.
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Hey booyah14,

I made these for my home stereo speakers, at work with the lathe, router, power hacksaw etc. Lucky enough to even obtain the Stainless steel from work, just had to buy the wood and stain. I'm in the process of making some for my studio monitors, they are about 200mm higher than these!
 
Depending on how high you need to raise your monitors, there are lots of things which will work. I needed about 10'' and discovered that a gallon paint can filled the bill nicely. I used 2 of them, removed the handles (wire), painted them flat black, glued a piece of scrap carpet to the tops and set my monitors on them. I didn't think to fill them with sand but I think I'll do that today. A spare set of stereo speakers works well for this too and you might even find a pair the exact same size.
 
Gorty- If I could pull that look off I would definitely make those. Hell I would even make some for my tv speakers as well. Any info on how exactly you went about that would rule. Thanks again man.


Lt. Bob- Thanks for the links to all those sites, I never really thought about checking out "regular" sites like that. Only thing I would be slightly worried about is that the specs on the shelf are very close to the actual measurements on my speakers. You haven't used any of those with 8" speakers before by chance?

Thanks again to everybody who has helped out with this, within the next week I should definitely know what I'm going to do. Seriously though, I appreciate it.
 
Wow Gordy ...... those look freakin' great.

As for the shelf size ...... do you mean the speaker sits on a shelf that's not any wider than the speaker? That's pretty common. I have a pair of Target stands I bought years ago ...... don't think Target makes stands anymore (not Target the megastore) and the shelves are almost exactly the same size as my speakers. You don't really want excess shelf because it can absorb and radiate acoustic energy and it can actually affect the first reflection characteristics of the speaker. Just put some blue tack or something sticky on the bottom of the speakers and they'll stay put.

But if you can build something ...... I'd say go for it ...... nothing more satisfying than building something yourself.
 
The base length and the width of the speakers look like they might be bigger than the actual base of the speaker stands. I'm just afraid they wouldn't be too stable.

And if anyone would like to give me a little more detail as to how exactly you made your speakers I would appreciate that as well.
 
Here's what I did.
-Went to Home Depot :D
-Bought a 4'x2' sheet of 3/4" thick MDF. I had a guy there cut it into 1x1 squares.
-Got a 12' section of 6" diameter PVC piping, and 4 "closet flanges" that fit the 6" diameter piping. Picked up some PVC cement too. (I bet you can get them to cut the PVC pipe to length for you, I didn't feel like finding a guy to do it though)
-I wanted to weigh mine down and kill some of the resonance too, so I bought a 50lb bag of sand.
-You'll also need some wood screws too, no longer than 3/4" long.

-So you draw 2 lines from corner to opposite corner on the 1x1 MDF to find your center point.
-Place a closet flange against the MDF and screw it in place (pre drilling helps). Do this for four pieces of MDF
-Cut the PVC pipe to length
-Apply cement to one end of the PVC pipe and insert into the flange of one of your 1x1 MDF pieces.
-I filled mine about halfway with sand
-Apply cement to the other end of the pipe, and cap off with another 1x1 MDF and flange assembly.
-Repeat for the other one
-You can paint them, but I thought they looked fine the way they were. A little paint thinner takes the blue print off the PVC easily.
 
The shelf that the speakers sit on is about 2/3 of the speaker base. The speakers are relatively heavy so they are pretty stable. So far anyway. I like to play my music relatively loud and they have not even budged.

:)

Thanx for the comments guys! ;)
 
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