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Speaker stands
Getting the right speaker stands is absolutely crucial to achieving the maximum performance from your loudspeakers -
The OTS (short for Open Tube Stand) is a new speaker stand design from Something Solid. It’s a hand built in the UK fully welded design with a very carefully considered design ethos (as you’d expect from Something Solid). It is a remarkably low mass design, the tube wall is intentionally kept thin and made using a grade of steel selected for its sound quality. The top and bottom use a clever curved steel cross so that large flat plates of steel, as found in most other designs, can be avoided (as their resonance's can be very audible).
As you’d expect with a low mass design the sound is wonderfully open, lucid and fast (high mass tends to slow the sound, skewing timing and shutting the mid range down). These are an exceptionally well judged budget stand and will bear comparison with many much more costly and complex designs.
What’s more, there’s no assembly required and no messing filling of the tube, simply fit the spikes, add four small blobs of blutack and you’re away.
Finish: Black Satin
Top Plate dimension: D19cm, W16cm
Height: 60cm
Something Solid OTS24 speaker stands: £125 per pair
Q Acoustics 3000i stands
Designed primarily for the Q Acoustics 3000i range of speakers, these stands have a flat top plate so can actually be used with a variety of other speakers too. Two different models are available, the 3000i suits the smaller enclosures of the 3010i and 3020i speakers and other similarly sized speakers, and are 682mm tall.
The 3030i stands are designed for the 3030i speakers, or other similarly large and deep speaker enclosures and are 635mm tall.
Finish: Satin Black or Satin White
Q Acoustics 3000i stands: £159 per pair
Q Acoustics 3030i stands: £179 per pair
The X50 is an entry level solid oak speaker stand design. They supplied flat packed and are easy to assemble. A variety of finishes and top plate sizes are available, please see below
X50 Small
For smaller speakers
Top plate size: 165mm x 195mm
Base plate size: 185mm x 240mm
Heights available: 200mm, 300mm, 400mm, 500mm, 600mm, 700mm 800mm, 900mm (custom heights also available)
Finishes: See pricing below
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Bespoke top plate dimensions add £35.00 to prices above, for sizes smaller than 165 x 195mm only, otherwise pick the X50 Large, detailed below:
X50 Large
For larger speakers
Top plate size: 220mm x 260mm
Base plate size: 220mm x 260mm
Heights available: 200mm, 300mm, 400mm, 500mm, 600mm, 700mm 800mm, 900mm (custom heights also available)
Finishes: See pricing below
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Bespoke top plate dimensions add £35.00 to prices above
Quadraspire Q6014 Speaker Stands
The Quadraspire Q6014 stands are a lightweight yet rigid wooden stand design with a clever backwards lean to them that allows speakers that need wall reinforcement to get very close to the wall -
They are available in two finishes, the difference being the upright either being in natural bamboo (as pictured above) or in all black. They are 24” tall making them ideal for many designs, the standard top plate is 140mm wide, but a wider 180mm version is also available.
Revised for 2023 these stands now feature a thicker and heavier base for improved stability (picture is of the very similar previous version)
Quadraspire Q6014 Improved in black bamboo or black & natural bamboo (as pictured): £450/pr
Something Solid XF mkII
The XF is the current top of the range speaker stand from Something Solid. These stands are made from solid steel bar (not hollow tube), which is welded throughout to ensure absolute rigidity. Carbon Fibre pucks are fitted to the top to support the speakers, although a little blu-
Its foolish to say that any speaker stand is the best for every system but I have yet to find a speaker that doesn’t work on them. Loudspeakers that sounded congested and ill defined before will come to life, sounding quicker and much less coloured. Even though this stand is a relatively low mass design it seems to rewrite the rules as it even works under speakers that were intended to be used on lead filled behemoths!
These stands are made to order as the height, top width and top depth can be specified to ensure a perfect match with your loudspeakers (almost any speaker can be catered for). The stands are finished in a satin Black powder coated finish as standard, other finishes may be possible but will cost extra (please call for details).
Please note, when the height of the stand is specified it excludes floor spikes, so please remember to add about 2cm to any calculations to the overall height.
Special versions with inset rear outriggers for speakers that are intended to be used in corners (such as the larger Audio Note models) are available for no extra charge.
The most popular sizes ordered include designs for the following loudspeakers: Harbeth Compact 7/Super HL5/P3, Proac Tablette/Response series/Studio series, ATC SCM20/SCM50/100, Audio Note AN-
Pricing:
Something Solid XFII standard price: £390/pair*
Optional extra
Something Solid Missing Link feet, highly recommended for use under speaker stands, a set of 8 cost £220 if purchased at the same time as the stands (a saving over their normal price).
*The standard price applies for models where the combined width, height and depth of the stand in cm added together comes to less than 120cm, which should cover the large majority of domestic applications
So as an example a stand measuring 60cm tall, with a speaker width of 20cm and a depth of 30cm (60+20+30=110) would fall well within standard pricing.
For stands that exceed this please contact us for a quote.
Please note that if the height exceeds 70cm an optional side brace can be requested, this adds £20 per pair of stands.
If the height exceeds 100cm (as they can do in some studio applications) additional bottom bars are required and add £40 to the price.
