BoredErica
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Let's talk about desktop speaker stands!
What puzzles me is how short many desktop speaker stands are. I'm about "average height", and I calculate with the LS50 Meta's tweeter at 5.95 inches from the top of the desk when I place it down (height of LS50 meta divided by 2, since the design is symmetrical). To get to ear height, I need 14.22 inches of height boost on average, plus or minus 2 inches based on posture. But most speaker stands seem to 10 inches or less.
I'm looking to speaker stands for my desk to boost the height of LS50 Metas by ~14 inches which are silver/white, and black if there's no other choice. Something metal and not plastic. The Kanto SP9 seemed nice but the stand top is too small to support a medium size speaker like the Meta I think. The top goes up to 4.3x7in. I don't want expensive speakers to fall off the stand. Kanto has a 6in one with a wider top but that's only 6 inches of lift.
Yoga blocks are functional, but I'm not sure how it'd look. It'd have to be white or black, and they are 4in tall so I'd have to stack multiple. I chose Metas because they look nice and have high WAF (yes, acceptance factor for me). However, I realize the shorter height of Meta compared to R3 forces me to move the speaker up more, and I have to find a way to boost the height by a lot while making it look nice.
I thought we should be getting tweeter to ear height so we're getting close to on axis FR and to reduce desk reflections? How far above do speakers have to be compared to the desk?
I'd love to hear your personal opinions on what makes a good desk stand in general too. Thanks.
What puzzles me is how short many desktop speaker stands are. I'm about "average height", and I calculate with the LS50 Meta's tweeter at 5.95 inches from the top of the desk when I place it down (height of LS50 meta divided by 2, since the design is symmetrical). To get to ear height, I need 14.22 inches of height boost on average, plus or minus 2 inches based on posture. But most speaker stands seem to 10 inches or less.
I'm looking to speaker stands for my desk to boost the height of LS50 Metas by ~14 inches which are silver/white, and black if there's no other choice. Something metal and not plastic. The Kanto SP9 seemed nice but the stand top is too small to support a medium size speaker like the Meta I think. The top goes up to 4.3x7in. I don't want expensive speakers to fall off the stand. Kanto has a 6in one with a wider top but that's only 6 inches of lift.
Yoga blocks are functional, but I'm not sure how it'd look. It'd have to be white or black, and they are 4in tall so I'd have to stack multiple. I chose Metas because they look nice and have high WAF (yes, acceptance factor for me). However, I realize the shorter height of Meta compared to R3 forces me to move the speaker up more, and I have to find a way to boost the height by a lot while making it look nice.
I thought we should be getting tweeter to ear height so we're getting close to on axis FR and to reduce desk reflections? How far above do speakers have to be compared to the desk?
I'd love to hear your personal opinions on what makes a good desk stand in general too. Thanks.
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