Removing a speaker from stand - no idea how :)

[midisentinel]

I hope this is the right forum to ask a question like this. I apologize if I missed the place, I've been lurking around for a while but never posted before.

I have purchased A/V receiver and a set of speakers 5 years ago, and had it installed by a company I purchased it from.

They also installed surround speakers on stands, but gave me no details on stand model or anything else. At the time, I did not think of asking anything.

Now I need to move to another place and need to remove the speakers from the stand, and pack them into boxes. Speakers in question are Mission MX2 bookshelf speakers.

However, I can't get in touch with people who sold/installed the gear and I have no idea how the speakers were mounted on stands, nor how to remove them from stands.

From what I understand, very common way of mounting speakers is by using Blu Tack. But I am not sure if there is a way to determine, with certainty, whether Blu Tack was used. Gap between the bottom of the speaker and top of the stand is almost non-existent, I am not sure if Blu Tack 'spreads' under pressure from speaker and becomes flat (thus, no gap). I am also not sure if speakers maybe have some screw holes at the bottom and are screwed to the mount - can't find any pictures of MX2 bottom (and manuals page on Mission site has nothing on it, argh).

So, if anyone has experience with speakers/stands like this, or tricks on how to determine method of mounting, I would be grateful for any input/help.

Pictures of the stand are here:

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Thank you

 

[rayma]

Now I need to move to another place and need to remove the speakers from the stand

There are no visible screw heads on the bottom of the shelves, and Blu-Tack does spread quite thin.
Try a steady pull at a slight angle, but resist the urge to pry the speakers off.

 

[midisentinel]

Thank you for such a quick reply.

Should I try to rotate speaker slowly/carefully 'sideways' (horizontally), or actually pull it (one side only, I guess) vertically?

First time it's always tricky, I presume, heh.

Thank you once again.

 

[Sprags]

Perhaps applying some heat to the stand and bottom speaker surface. Not a lot but enough to soften adhesive if that's what was used.

 

[Enzo]

Perhaps before applying force, you might pull out the woofer and look inside to see if there are any bolts you cannot see from outside. For example there could be threaded inserts in the legs, with bolts down through the bottom of the speaker into them.

 

[M8e]

You could try sliding some fishing line, or wire inbetween.

 

[midisentinel]

Thank you very much for all the suggestions

Of course, now all of these suggestions look obvious but they weren't few hours ago, heh.

Thanks once again

 

[SS4927]

Similar to what Enzo said, I once removed drivers and screwed them down through the cabinet bases

A 2mm drill bit will tell you if its blue tac, or 3M 2way, or??

 

[jb74]

Look on the underside of the base to see if there might be some form of attachment that
extends up through each of the 3 legs.

 

[Konzentr8]

Be careful if its blutack it can stick very very firmly with age and i have removed speakers from stands where rather than let go its pulled the vinyl covering away from the cabinet .