I recently rebuilt a pair of ESL-63s, and printed some 5 degree tilt back feet, but I don't like having the sound beamed up at my ears from close to the floor, so I designed and built some stands using 1"x1" and 1"x2" t-slot. The stands lift the speaker about 350 mm off the floor, and they are sturdy and center the weight so they aren't easy to knock over.
Details and link to CAD file here. Extra bonus: they are high enough that my cat will probably stop using them as a scratching post.
Details and link to CAD file here. Extra bonus: they are high enough that my cat will probably stop using them as a scratching post.
Anything can be built with 80/20. I keep thinking of putting together a design for a small dipole sub that is also a stand. sort of like the old gradient, but with a ripole sort of concept and smaller drivers than the old gradients.
I built a short stand for my sub using t-slot, too. It lifts it about 100mm off the floor so the robot vacuum cleaner doesn't bang into it.
If you use 40mm t-slot you can fit an 8mm thick panel in the slots to mount the drivers, or use something much thicker and attach it to the t-slot with t-nuts.
If you use 40mm t-slot you can fit an 8mm thick panel in the slots to mount the drivers, or use something much thicker and attach it to the t-slot with t-nuts.
Made these for the 988 a few years ago. I took the metal base off and made it to just sit inside the perimeter of the plastic base
of the quads.
I played around first with heights on blocks to get the best balance of bass and transparency.
The higher you go the better they get
of the quads.
I played around first with heights on blocks to get the best balance of bass and transparency.
The higher you go the better they get
