SGS Posted October 8, 2020 Share Posted October 8, 2020 (edited) Curious to know what people recommend for amp stands. At the moment there is no carpet so amp sits on floor. Soon I will be getting carpet so need something for it to sit on so not on carpet directly. Amp is Nad M25, weighs close to 50kg. Was looking at the Solisteel S3 A from Selby but wondered what other options were around. Would like to avoid crushing new carpet. Edited October 8, 2020 by SGS Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LP Record Posted October 9, 2020 Share Posted October 9, 2020 Hi SGS, If you can do DIY you can make your own, like I did for my Pass Labs amp. I joined 140 x 19mm dressed jarrah to make the size I wanted (so the heat sinks were un-obstructed) and used speaker spikes from Decibel Hi Fi so the carpet was not crushed see the below photos. (you can just see it under the amp). 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RankStranger Posted October 9, 2020 Share Posted October 9, 2020 Assuming you dont have the tools or knowledge to roll your own, Solid Steel as you mentioned make great products, I’d also look at Quadraspire (very effective, though the look is somewhat polarising). 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
t_mike Posted October 9, 2020 Share Posted October 9, 2020 2 x $5 bamboo chopping boards glued together with polyurethane, and a set of spikes. Only tools needed were a drill to make holes for the spikes. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SGS Posted October 9, 2020 Author Share Posted October 9, 2020 Like the diy idea. I'll check out some timber options, thankyou. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RankStranger Posted October 9, 2020 Share Posted October 9, 2020 7 minutes ago, SGS said: Like the diy idea. I'll check out some timber options, thankyou. Depending on where in Vic you are, Plyco.com.au in Fairfield have a great range of different plys and veneers. When we’re able to leave the house again it’s worth going and checking out their offcuts for awesome value. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SGS Posted October 10, 2020 Author Share Posted October 10, 2020 15 hours ago, RankStranger said: Depending on where in Vic you are, Plyco.com.au in Fairfield have a great range of different plys and veneers. When we’re able to leave the house again it’s worth going and checking out their offcuts for awesome value. In Ballarat, regional Vic. Pretty free to go wherever we want except metro. I'll see if anywhere does some nice wood slabs, must be one here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RankStranger Posted October 10, 2020 Share Posted October 10, 2020 2 hours ago, SGS said: In Ballarat, regional Vic. Pretty free to go wherever we want except metro. I'll see if anywhere does some nice wood slabs, must be one here. Nice. Remember that, on balance, multiple different materials sandwiched together will give you better performance because the goal, as I understand it, is to disrupt the passage of the vibrations through the material, hence why consistent density materials like MDF can be bad (unless someone wants to correct me?) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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