Ideas on speaker stands

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DJKLEEN

DJKLEEN

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Mar 31, 2016
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I have some large 3 way 15 inch tops that I want to use as stand alone with no subwoofer setup. They are JBL mr835's and weigh almost 100 lbs.

I want ideas on build your own 48" stands, don't want tripod and don't care if they are heavy! I want to wrap them with some material and put some par cans or something lighted inside of them permanently!

I work a lot with wood, and do weld with my mig welder.

Thanks for your ideas
 
Is this going to be portable or stationary? If portable, weight + bulk = p.i.a to move, so why not a foldable plywood box without a bottom. Sheet plywood is 48" in width, the exact height you want. That, some hinges, and flat black paint should do it. Then put in some strategically place cut-outs (i.e. large holes) for the light to come out. 3/8" should do it - plywood under compression is pretty dam strong.
 
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Handinon said:
Then put in some strategically place cut-outs (i.e. large holes) for the light to come out. 3/8" should do it - plywood under compression is pretty dam strong.
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A correction to my own post. I think lots of long, vertical, narrow slits would look better than cut-outs.
 
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48" is not very high. Wouldn't you like to get your speakers up above the heads of the crowd? That's the good thing about speaker stands, especially those that crank up and down, or have lift assist; you don't have to lift heavy speakers very high to get them on the stand, then you can elevate the speaker to the desired height. If you're building your own stand, designing the lift system is not easy.[emoji4] I don't think anybody likes the looks of tripod style speaker stands, though.


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That one will be tough, as typically you want the tweeters above people's heads. The MR835 is 28" tall and the horn sits around the 2 foot mark (from the bottom). So on a 4' pedestal, it sits at head height .. ideally, you'd like it 6-12" taller.

On the other hand, they are heavy at 100 pounds, so unless you have the stands far away from people, you have a liability waiting to happen with that much weight too far off the ground. At a pedestal height of 4', you'd want to have a few hundred pounds of ballast on/around the stands to minimize an accidental push over.

If this is for outdoor use, I'd go with a painters scaffolding setup ... indoors .. not sure ..

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