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Speaker stands for Tekton speakers

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Posted on July 3, 2012 at 04:28:27
LousyTourist
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As my only speakers for 30+ years were khorns, and they needed neither positioning nor stands, I am faced with questions I never had to answer before, such as, what speaker stand to use for a Tekton speaker, and where in a smallish room they would go best?

I assume stands are important, you wouldn't want them to sway about -- assuming they generate that kind of kinetic energy -- and they need to be a proper height for sound dispersion.

I know that whole treatise have been written for placement, and they all start with the assumption that you have a good room to start with. I'll have a crappy room to start with, so I may be dead in the water from the get-go.

 

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Which Tektons?, posted on July 3, 2012 at 09:00:52
Sebrof
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I bought Tekton Katz Meows several years ago and had the same question. Eric (aka Mr. Tekton) said he would build me a pair to match the design and finish of the Katz. We never got to the point of talking about price.
I also have Lores and my room is on the 2nd floor. To beef them up I placed them on $5 Trailer Blocks; 14" x 14" x 3" (or close to that, I forget exactly) cement blocks from Home Depot. They raised the speakers up 3" and also seemed to provide a more solid base.
For starters you may want to tilt them back, assuming you're talking about a floorstander model.

 

model 4.5 or equivalent, posted on July 3, 2012 at 13:22:04
LousyTourist
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not floorstanders.

Although someone mentioned a variant that I might be able to make given rudimentary woodworking skills (my woodworking skills extend to licking envelopes).

Madisound folded horn kit

Once I was done with it, it would look like something out of a Three Stooges movie.

 

RE: Speaker stands for Tekton speakers, posted on July 3, 2012 at 23:25:51
moray james
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why don't you talk to Noel Nolan at Skylan Stands dot com?
moray james

 

Mass- load with painted cinder blocks., posted on July 6, 2012 at 10:00:59
tweakk
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Glue a nicely finished board on the front...

 

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