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anyone ditch their metal speaker stands?

While cleaning up just recently. I was moving speakers and stands away from the wall just to get at that horrible dust bunnies that grow like tumble weed, I decided to place the speakers back in there determined spot{Sound Dynamics 300ti} and play some music while tiding up. I sat down and I was pleasantly surprised.I was enjoying the speakers while realizing less of a mechanical sounding presentation with more soul and body. The stands are rather heavy.And sand filled with the typical metal resting plate. Now I am confused to the point. Should I substitute them with what and have any audiogoners tried another avenue and ditched the metal? Thanks
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nonoise
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I think the most important consideration is the speaker height. As long as the tweeter is at or slightly above ear level, when seated, all is good. Right now I have my new monitors on some wooden saddle back bar stools with some Herbie's Tenderfeet to isolate the speakers and everything sounds really nice.
No smearing, great focus, nice soundstage, nothing amiss.

I'm going for the Timbernation wood stands for aesthetic reasons as well as better stability and isolation as the bar stools look out of place.

All the best,
Nonoise
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nonoise
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I think that a good maple (or similarly dense wood) would work as well supporting a speaker as it does supporting gear. Tomorrow I'm going to order some maple speaker stands from Chris over at timbermation.com.

The rack he made for me all those years ago is as inert as can be. He has various speaker stand examples on his site that should suit any taste. The one I'm going for are the ones that look like a wood version of some metal stands out there (the ones with the 'H' shaped base. Rather nice looking and knowing Chris, dead silent.

The nice thing about wood is no need to fill it with sand, lead shot, or kitty litter to deaden any adverse effects that the metal stand should have from the beginning.

All the best,
Nonoise
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