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Need Speaker Stands for Home Theater System
Question for you all .... I just bought this:
Yamaha 730W 6.1-Ch. Home Theater System with 5-Disc Progressive-Scan DVD/CD/MP3 Player - Silver Model: YHT-750 There are 6 speakers - 5 that I need to find stands or wall mounts for, but I'm leaning towards stands since I don't care to jack with wiring through the walls/attic. The stands at Best Buy were about $100 for 2. The wall mounts were about $80 for 2. Do any of you know of a source where I can find more inexpensive stands? The speakers aren't big... maybe 5 inches tall and they don't weigh much, so we're not talking about anything massive. I don't want to take the cheap route, but damn... $250 - $300 for speaker stands and/or mounts sounds insane to me. Gracias, |
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I've thought about that... but I lack a certain "craft" gene and my home made stands would look like a brick and broomstick attached with ductape.
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You should be able to do much better than bestbuy on the internet. Its been a while but i got some decent ones off ebay. Try doing a search for "sanus". They are a pretty popular manufacture of them.
One tip is that if you decide on stands make sure the base of the speaker isnt smaller than where the will sit on the stands. |
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All I can say is good luck. I spent a lot of time looking and scoured home theater forums and came to the conclusion that speaker stands are the biggest racket in home theater.
I ended up making mine. But I have the advantage of being a moderately skilled woodworker.
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But your right about the stands i had to do a lot of hunting around for some cheap stands that were sturdy enough they wouldnt get knocked over. There are not many out there. |
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Well, a Yamaha is system IS relatively "high-end" so I wouldnt skimp on the cables...they WILL make a difference! I just bought a similar system from Onkyo and I can tell you that if you were going to buy the same system you had better buy the high-end cables to go with it. The difference in sound quality was more than obvious. As for stands, I made my own but I am a steel fabricator with access to all the high gloss stainless steel that I need. The stainless steel stands along with the silver system looks pretty nice and nobody can tell that they are home-made.
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Dude, you can hardly mess this idea up. Plus you'll have a router to keep forever. If you wish, you can buy an even cheaper router - $60 or thereabouts.
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I have found no less than ... 10,000 sites selling nothing but speaker stands. Amazing.
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I may just need 2 or 3 stands... I can place a couple of these on a mantle or end table. Miles, I found a pair of Sanus stands for $47.
www.bhphotovideo.com
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I have found some on ebay for $30 or so but i think they may be too big. |
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