Home Made JBL Speaker Stands

I built a set of speaker stands for my JBL 4333a speakers.
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[@paulb4661]

Noticed an audible difference sharp spikes bring about. Have a felt backed, soundproofing carpet resting on additional cork sheet on a concrete floor at mine. Low frequency definition improves markedly with spikes allowed to dig into the concrete vs. just resting on circular, locating pads they came with. Not sure how to describe it, but when anchored, the lows seem deeper and hit harder, in a more point like fashion. Wonder if it would work at yours. Obviously, the spikes are shaped like a tip of a dart, rather than a cone and about an inch in length, so that the speakers are elevated above the carpet. Once levelled, a nut allows to lock the thread in place.

[@audionautica6843]

I'm sure it would be doable - I could just put knock in inserts on the bottom side and screw the spike in there. However I would suspect I might be dabbling with diminishing returns. If you watched carefully you would note that the room is seriously compromised as a listening room - speakers in the corners with one halfway in a doorway - there just isn't anywhere else. :-( I certainly have noticed a big difference with these stands in a) getting them up off the floor b) substantial decoupling from the floor at bass frequencies - it is much much better than it was with those big speakers sitting directly on a timber floor. Thanks for your comment!

[@paulb4661]

@@audionautica6843 You're right, suspended timber behaves in a much more "lossy" and unpredictable manner. Even the speakers destined for the American market tend to have a higher Q & resonance frequency to compensate. In my previous setup, I have had some success with marble slabs, about 3inches tall and slightly larger than the bases of the speakers. I had placed thin strips of compliant rubber between the slabs the speakers and thicker ones between the floor and the slabs. You could feel the slabs vibrating, almost like a pendulum on spring, but transmission to the floor was much diminished. The slabs were around 40kG each, bit less, than the speakers.