Sound Dynamics 300Ti - Stand Height.

Hi Aaron. Your old Sota Star gets almost daily use here!

I have used my Sound Dynamic 300ti speakers on Sanus 20" metal stands with excellent results. I have tried lower stands, but I don't think the soundstaging was as good.

Be sure to keep the speakers away from the side walls. The "Pearson rule of thirds" works well for these speakers.

I used the original stands until one time I had moved to a new home and temporarily set them up on my dining room chairs which was much higher than the supplied stands. When I moved them back to the original stands, there was a considerable degradation of imaging and sound staging. Shortly after I was in the workshop and made a set of stands for them the same height as my dining room chairs - this was several years ago and they still sit there performing magnificently. This height is going to be dependant on your listening chair however so I would use the tweeter at ear level as a starting point.

I bought a pair for my Dad about six or seven years ago when Audio Advisor was selling them. At the same time, I also bought the 300Ti stands but never set them up, because he has the speakers sitting on low media cabinets.

I would agree with your guideline for stand height, but memory tells me that the stands aren't that tall. Maybe about 18". I can measure them and get back to you.