I have determined that in my listening room with my system (I'm getting the clarifications out of the way first ;), the Forte's sound better at 8" off my carpet on concrete floor. I also figured the best way to support the Fortes is to support them at the four corners of the speaker. I figured what the heck! and decided to design and fabricate new stands made from solid steel square and round bar. The risers are 1" square and the cross members are 3/4" solid round bar. I've tapped the bottoms of each 1" square riser with a 1/4-20 tap so I can use spikes.
Has anyone else found better performance with their Klipsch higher off the floor than the OEM riser achieves? Comments and suggestions welcome.
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Topic - DIY risers/stands for my Klipsch Forte's - Beatlebum 10:46:50 12/17/08 (14)
- All starts and stops feathered, stringers ground smooth, all welds x-rayed to insure the best sound :) nt - Beatlebum 03:13:18 12/18/08 (0)
- RE: DIY risers/stands for my Klipsch Forte's - sberger 17:43:29 12/17/08 (5)
- RE: DIY risers/stands for my Klipsch Forte's - Jesse 12:16:29 05/07/12 (0)
- Another pic - Beatlebum 07:01:04 12/18/08 (1)
- Cool, they look almost as nice as Audio Note speakers - limono 19:15:33 12/18/08 (0)
- Pic of new risers/stands at home - Beatlebum 06:57:31 12/18/08 (1)
- RE: Pic of new risers/stands at home - Crazy Dave 10:50:56 12/18/08 (0)
- RE: DIY risers/stands for my Klipsch Forte's - Tom Brennan 10:56:49 12/17/08 (6)
- I say full pens would be the be best sonically...* - eso 21:22:08 12/17/08 (0)
- Actually for the best results - jnorv 18:21:33 12/17/08 (1)
- RE: Actually for the best results - Tom Brennan 18:36:29 12/17/08 (0)
- What do you think he's doin'...... - Uncle Mike 14:15:31 12/17/08 (1)
- RE: What do you think he's doin'...... - Tom Brennan 18:44:41 12/17/08 (0)
- RE: DIY risers/stands for my Klipsch Forte's - Beatlebum 11:16:13 12/17/08 (0)