Desktop speaker stands

Straz · 6 Dec 2014 at 10:29

Hi guys,

Been trying to find some small desktop stands for my Ruark MR1s, most of the ones I have found are too big unfortunately.

Does anyone know of any available in the UK before I go the DIY route?

Cheers

rids57 · 6 Dec 2014 at 11:24

you don't say what the required size is, which would be helpful.

Straz · 6 Dec 2014 at 17:06

Anywhere between 15cm and 30cm in height, and top plate ideally 3" x 4". Cheers.

nicknack35 · 6 Dec 2014 at 19:35

Hey straz nice to see another Ruark MR1 owner fantastic speakers. Do you have a sub with yours?

Straz · 6 Dec 2014 at 21:02

Yeah I like them a lot, amazing for the size. I might look into a sub, and try a few things such as plugging the ports as bass can be a bit boomy with it firing onto my desk. Ideally I'd like some stands with a hole in the middle, be interesting to see how it affects the sound.

nicknack35 · 6 Dec 2014 at 21:32

Yea i have mine roughly 3 feet apart on a wooden desktop and connected to a musical fidelity V90DAC and usb into the PC and optical for the TV i was thinking of stands for mine also

nicknack35 · 6 Dec 2014 at 21:42

You would have thought Ruark them self's would have designed sme stands for them. Cause they do advertise them to be good for TV speakers also. Not every stand would fit them on lol

rids57 · 6 Dec 2014 at 23:25

A couple of house bricks should do the job for not much dosh

or you could buy a pair of these...

http://www.itemaudio.co.uk/speaker_stand.html

nicknack35 · 7 Dec 2014 at 09:20

Thanks for the link rids they look ideal. Will give them a call on Monday P.S just spoke to them on the out of office number. Since there opening hours clash with my work times. And he has said that they can do stands so sent him a pic of my set up

nicknack35 · 7 Dec 2014 at 11:57

W x H x D (mm) 130 × 170 × 135

That's the specs of the speakers

rids57 · 7 Dec 2014 at 15:28

That's good - the size was below the minimum for the usual suspects so it was a pleasant surprise to find the Itemaudio set.

nicknack35 · 7 Dec 2014 at 15:39

That's one place ive not spotted before and they have some very good stuff

dacads · 8 Dec 2014 at 12:00

Isoacoustics?

rids57 · 8 Dec 2014 at 16:33

The IsoAcoustics L8R130 may just about fit as it is the same width as the speaker. OP was looking for something smaller (3"x4") though, so I assumed he'd already looked at these.

Straz · 11 Dec 2014 at 23:07

Yeah I had a look at the IsoAcoustics stands, almost ideal apart from the depth. Slightly too much at 17.8cm. The itemaudio ones look good however not convinced they are worth the asking price of £99 excluding shipping. Cheers for the suggestions.

nicknack35 · 12 Dec 2014 at 15:55

I rang fanthorpes and they put me through to someone called atacama they look good stands but exspensive

dacads · 12 Dec 2014 at 19:40

Just found a decent looking alternative to iscoacoustics, not sure on size though you'll have to do the measurements

https://www.studiospares.com/Accessories/Stands-Speaker/Trojan-Pier-Monitor-Stand-(Pair)_449890.htm

Edit: oops just noticed "Stock Expected 20/02/2015"

rids57 · 12 Dec 2014 at 22:09

I might be buying a late christmas present to myself - good find

nicknack35 · 13 Dec 2014 at 21:49

I just ordered the Atacama 10s. The probs I had was the sstands was rather to low or to high so I got 1 metre high the desktop the speakers are currently on is 30 inches from floor to the top shelf. So went little bigger if I went smaller stands they would be to low

Straz · 19 Dec 2014 at 14:14

After trying various options with the Ruarks, I've returned them as managed to get deal on some Adam Artist 3s. Everything I was looking for in terms of sound signature. Shame about the ruarks just found the bass a bit muddy overall.