I meant that you would put the foam on the stands. Also, the Auralex pads that i got had a 2nd thinner wedge that could be used to flatten out or steepen the slope.
I have Adam monitors. I recently moved into a dedicated studio space. I remember when checking the manual for distance/placement requirements it spoke to mounting them on the wall. Having said that, the reason I bought them years ago was that they have a frontward facing port. I had my old monitors, at the time, near a window. They had a rear facing port so they were blasting all the lows into the curtains/window. I’d wager you can’t (or shouldn’t) wall mount any monitors with rear facing ports… Either way, they make wall mounted monitor stands that you can screw into a stud.
All that said, take your time. Make the right choice and it will continue to make you happy for many years. That’s the beauty of buying quality gear, it lasts. Good luck on your journey
One more thing… if you’re in the US, call Sweetwater and speak to a rep. Those guys are super helpful and knowledgeable. In my experience, they’re never pushy either. They can whittle down your search.
Yeah, that’s what I assumed. It’s just that the angle they have is not enough for my needs. Also, U would prefer something that can hold the speaker really tight with no chance it may fall if I bump into it, which is a possibility with the right speaker because of where it would be located, and because I’m clumsy.
I may after I exhaust other possibilities, but I wouldn’t say they’re never pushy. I can’t remember what I bought from them, but it was online. I believe it was Arturia’s CS-80 v4 because they had it on sale 50 bucks cheaper like two years ago.
Next day, someone calls, as usual I don’t answer if I don’t know the number, and this guy from Sweetwater leaves me a voicemail to see if I needed anything else, very nice and friendly. I don’t like that kind of sales tactic. If I need anything else, I will call. Don’t call me to try to get me to buy anything else.
That said, I don’t have a problem with them, if I need to buy anything from them I will, it’s just that they’re too far and shipping takes long, about a week I think.
I’ve used a mastering engineer a number of times and it added a lot to the process. The point of a mastering engineer is that they have a well-trained ear and access to equipment and rooms the rest of us can only dream of. And they can spot things we have become blind to through familiarity with our mixes.
What I would say is, that this makes it very important to be very familiar how other people’s music sounds on our set ups. Then it becomes very clear how our mixes compare to professional releases.
This is one way to reduce the impact of age! We are comparing the differences between our tracks and professional ones, and that removes a lot of the issue. We hear them both with our own individual ear responses.
As we get older we do indeed lose higher frequencies, so sometimes it’s important to look at our tracks in a frequency analyser just to see what’s going on at frequencies we can no longer hear. There can be noise, excessive energy, and unexpected tones.
I already bought the speakers, but I can’t seem to find a stand that works. I gave up on anything I could put on the ground, because I don’t want to torture my poor desk with more clamps, having two of which one holds two 32” monitors.
But since I can’t find stands that have the height I need with tilt, I won’t have a choice. Problem is, finding two stands with clamps that will elevate the speakers about 34 inches from the desk, also seems impossible.
I don’t understand why all these manufacturers think that people have a lot of space and can put these speakers at a max of 18 inches or so:
I would go for a DIY solution. It is not complicated, much cheaper, customized and it will be sufficient for a home studio environment.
E.g., have a look at Chris Selim’s studio tour and how he mounted his speakers, monitors and most importantly - acoustic panels (!).
However, I would also have a look at some basic principles and what constitutes decent stands (e.g. weight and isolation).
Chris Selim - Mixdown Online: I can highly recommend it. You’ll find literally hundreds of well structured videos on mixing, mastering, production etc and it is all based on Cubase.
Thanks, but I can clearly see that he has simple wood stands. Not at all what I need. Basically I need something like this, but that has a height of at least 34 inches:
Even if it’s more expensive, but if it’s like that and goes up to 34 inches I’m set.
When I had a different setup I built my own high quality stands which are extra high (a bit over a metre). I did this so “all the speaker” was above my desk. I imagine they’d be ideal for you. Regrettably I imagine you’re not in my location so I probably can’t sell you them
I now just use some regular low seats/stools because my current speakers’ dispersion pattern is such that the best place to sit is above the tweeter level. So it doesn’t matter that they’re a bit below the desk.
Also acoustic treatment probably won’t help without a measurement microphone to verify its necessity or benefits.
These might be suitable stands for your situation. Just note that they only tilt upto 10 degrees compared to your example which can tilt upto 12 degrees.
These also have a Min height of 930mm and Max height of 1530mm which is a much broader range compared to most other stands.
That depends on the lengths you want to go with acoustic room treatment. You are right, of course. If you want to be thorough you HAVE to do measurements.
Nonetheless, every little helps. You can use online models to compute expected room modes by entering data like width, height, length and wall materials. Better than nothing. But again, I agree - proper measurements are the only way to go if you are serious about it.
I do have the space, even if it’s a bit constrained, but the right speaker would be in the way all the time, and prone to me bumping onto it, because I’m rather clumsy sometimes. It would be kind of in the way.
But also, having the typical three legs of a stand, tripod, whatever, would be a pain and take up too much space. Regardless, like I said I found no floor stands that are like 57 inches long, because I simply don’t have the space to the sides to put them like the typical audio workstation that most musicians have.
That’s why I thought, since I have a monitor support with clamp that is holding two monitors (one above the other) that such a thing might exist for speakers. But apparently I’m trying to find something like those cars with two levels in the alternate universe in “Fringe”.
I would be willing to pay double if there was one like the one I showed above that has a system to stack the cylinders to make them longer, but I don’t see any of these that has that system.
And somehow attach the tilt speaker support to it, I’d pay for both products. Or, if the T7Vs had a rather flat rear, I could drill VESA holes into it and that’s it.
You could possibly buy those stands and DIY the additional height by sourcing some steel tubing somewhere and drilling some holes into it and paint it. You would just need to make an addition lock pin to hold it in place.
Just be aware that these computer monitor VESA mounts typically have a low weight capacity rating.
The one that you have chosen above has a max weight capacity of 9.97kg. I would say that most 8" and 6" speakers would certainly weigh more than that. So keep that in mind.
If I was ten years younger, probably. Nowadays, the time and probable back pain that I would get from it is not worth it. I’d rather keep searching until I find it. Someone has to have this!
Yeah I looked up the T7V specs and copied them to a Notepad document so I can make sure when I find one that seems to have what I need, that it supports way more weight than the speakers.
See the thing that is great about the VESA stand is that the long column is three tubes, which are more or less the same with the one at the top having the cap, but all three are the same I think. Or if they are not, I’m sure that you can use it with either three of them or just two depending on how high you need it to be.
And the arms that go to the monitors can be set to any height you want. You just need to make sure to tighten the thing really well so it doesn’t slide. But I’ve had it for two years and it’s great.
Now, if I could find a way to get two of these that don’t even need to be that high, and somehow I can find a way to connect the VESA plate to some other speaker support, that would be ideal. What I just realized is that the VESA plate can be tilted 180º in either direction, so it can be facing up but at an angle of like 30-40º to hold the speaker from below. But, I don’t want to drill four holes into my new speakers, so I need to find a way to connect the VESA plate to whatever support I end up buying.
It would be kind of DIY, but without drilling or cutting or painting, etc.
If i’m not mistaken, you stated previously that you need it to be at least 38 inches in height. Unfortunately I have never heard of a desktop speaker stand / mount that is this high, so I wouldn’t be surprised if you had to do some kind of DIY.
