Speakers
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Gold Member Username: Jan_b_vigneDallas, TX Post Number: 9828 Registered: May-04 | . If I was going to buy new speakers, which I'm not, what color speaker stand would I like? |
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Silver Member Username: SerniterPiscataway, New Jersey USA Post Number: 123 Registered: Mar-06 | Is this like asking which speaker I would like? |
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Silver Member Username: DavidpaPortland, Oregon US Post Number: 396 Registered: Nov-05 | Well Jan, hypothetically speaking, you would like the one that provides stability. |
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Silver Member Username: DavidpaPortland, Oregon US Post Number: 397 Registered: Nov-05 | But, would'nt you be more concerned about the color of the speaker wire? |
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Silver Member Username: StefanomVienna, VA United States Post Number: 388 Registered: Apr-06 | Something that matches your decor and speakers. You can't usually go too far wrong with black, but the same wood finish as is on your speakers works well too. |
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Gold Member Username: ArtkAlbany, Oregon USA Post Number: 4124 Registered: Feb-05 | The one that suits you and that you prefer...only you could answer that. |
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Bronze Member Username: StryvnPost Number: 34 Registered: Dec-06 | Here's what you will like: get floor standers and put them on mis-matched milk crates (one brown and one orange). Along with the outstanding bass output, extremely detailed highs, crisp mids provided by the orange and brown hues in this configuration, the mis-matched crates are highly endorsed by the extreme home makeover shows. |
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Silver Member Username: DavidpaPortland, Oregon US Post Number: 398 Registered: Nov-05 | C,mon Jan, there are so many threads on this very subject, just do a quick search! |
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Silver Member Username: DavidpaPortland, Oregon US Post Number: 399 Registered: Nov-05 | btw, I feel your pain |
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Silver Member Username: Jingka99Kuala Lumpur, Kuala Lumpur Malaysia Post Number: 116 Registered: Aug-06 | Well, Jan, you have to give us more info, what type of music you like to listen to, how big is your listening room, so we can recommend what color is best |
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Platinum Member Username: Project6Post Number: 13062 Registered: Dec-03 | Hah...good one Jan! |
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Gold Member Username: Jan_b_vigneDallas, TX Post Number: 9829 Registered: May-04 | . I don't like black or any other color. I don't use speaker wire and I'm going to change it once I get stands anyway. I want tight bass, clear mids and clean highs. Anyone?! |
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Gold Member Username: Jan_b_vigneDallas, TX Post Number: 9830 Registered: May-04 | . "C,mon Jan, there are so many threads on this very subject, just do a quick search!" Why won't you do it for me? |
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Gold Member Username: Stu_pittIrvington, New York USA Post Number: 1582 Registered: May-05 | Pink. Raise Breast Cancer Awareness. Save the breasts!!! |
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Silver Member Username: GavdawgPost Number: 295 Registered: Nov-06 | Knowing you Jan... probably the old standby unfinished, rough lumber 8x8. It'd be the perfect perch for your speakers, and easily customizied :-) |
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Silver Member Username: GavdawgPost Number: 296 Registered: Nov-06 | Although your music tastes WOULD be helpful. That solid block of wood might be a little TOO dead for your taste :-P |
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Silver Member Username: StefanomVienna, VA United States Post Number: 389 Registered: Apr-06 | "I don't like black or any other color. I don't use speaker wire and I'm going to change it once I get stands anyway. I want tight bass, clear mids and clean highs. Anyone?!" If you don't like black or any other color, go with glass! |
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Gold Member Username: Jan_b_vigneDallas, TX Post Number: 9832 Registered: May-04 | . Will glass give clear sound? I don't think my music is important because I don't use the speakers or stands for music. I mainly want them to hold photos of my dogs. Should I get new dogs? Mine are kind of old but I like vintage spaniels more than the new ones they're producing nowdays. |
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Silver Member Username: StefanomVienna, VA United States Post Number: 390 Registered: Apr-06 | "Will glass give clear sound?" More or less. Depends on the glass though. I prefer plexiglass. "I mainly want them to hold photos of my dogs." Glass is very good for this. Your photos can be encased in glass and you will still be able to view them. "Should I get new dogs? Mine are kind of old but I like vintage spaniels more than the new ones they're producing nowdays." I would get "new to you dogs"; in other words they should be old enough to be housebroken, but young enough to be malleable. |
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Bronze Member Username: NoutPost Number: 67 Registered: Mar-06 | Will glass give clear sound? I don't think my music is important because I don't use the speakers or stands for music. I mainly want them to hold photos of my dogs. Should I get new dogs? Mine are kind of old but I like vintage spaniels more than the new ones they're producing nowdays. Get rid of the dogs Get a cat instead. Less shouty and harsh. So much smoother and laid-back. I'll use stands with ropes and clothes around them It will keep the sound sharp, tightly focused and clean.  |
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Gold Member Username: NuckPost Number: 5971 Registered: Dec-04 | pass |
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Platinum Member Username: Project6Post Number: 13069 Registered: Dec-03 | I prefer English Bulldogs, but again keep in mind that these are my preferences. You may like a chihuahua better. Have you thought about getting a better leash? A good leash is always a plus! |
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Gold Member Username: ArtkAlbany, Oregon USA Post Number: 4128 Registered: Feb-05 | Pass out... |
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Bronze Member Username: ElevenPittsburgh, PA USA Post Number: 72 Registered: Nov-06 |  old dogs... love it. |
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Gold Member Username: Jan_b_vigneDallas, TX Post Number: 9838 Registered: May-04 | . An entire thread without Andre posting. I've entered another dimension. One without cats. |
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Gold Member Username: ArtkAlbany, Oregon USA Post Number: 4137 Registered: Feb-05 | It ain't over til it's over... |
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Platinum Member Username: Project6Post Number: 13084 Registered: Dec-03 | Give it time... |
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Gold Member Username: John_aLondonU.K. Post Number: 4634 Registered: Dec-03 | Jan, Don't forget the psychochromatoacoustic resonance between the wavelengths of light and sound. Yellow and orange for ABBA, blue for Scriabin and Miles Davis, brown for Wagner - that sort of thing. Dedicated psychochromatoacoustics covers with different colours can easily be made for speaker stands. Natural hypoallergenic fabrics are usually best. Though there is always a trade-off. You're lucky with not having to punch holes in for the wire. By the way, if you had wire, what AWG would you choose (it affects the size of the holes)? BTW if you just think oxygen-free copper, and that works for you, then there you go. |
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Silver Member Username: TwebbzOakland Park, Florida USA Post Number: 472 Registered: Apr-04 | If you get speaker stands covered with GLITTER your highs will SPARKLE! |
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Gold Member Username: My_rantzAustralia Post Number: 1192 Registered: Nov-05 | Insert the speaker stand floor spikes into the inputs of your old dogs and you will be amazed at the frequency range of the resulting sound. |
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Silver Member Username: SerniterPiscataway, New Jersey USA Post Number: 124 Registered: Mar-06 | As long as they are the same color as the little clocks. |
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Gold Member Username: Frank_abelaBerkshire UK Post Number: 1949 Registered: Sep-04 | Jan, Please do not confuse black with colour. Black is the absence of colour so it cannot be considered within the terms of reference of this thread. On the subject of colours, there is a certain amount of empirical evidence to the effect that the colour depends very much on the colour of the speakers which will be sited on said stands. If the dogs are to be maintained in a healthy state, there is also the question of materials. I do not think you have fully considered the subject nor made full use of the excellent search mechanisms available to you on the net to frame the thread request in a way in which our erstwhile selves could possibly answer, apart from one erstwhile self whose blatherings sweep between lunacy and brilliance in metronomically constant swings and whose initials are JV... All the best in your searches, Frank. |
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Silver Member Username: Jingka99Kuala Lumpur, Kuala Lumpur Malaysia Post Number: 122 Registered: Aug-06 | What? |
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Silver Member Username: Jingka99Kuala Lumpur, Kuala Lumpur Malaysia Post Number: 123 Registered: Aug-06 | If you have a magnetically shielded dog, then maybe you can use a magnetically levitated stand!!! |
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Gold Member Username: NuckPost Number: 5989 Registered: Dec-04 | I think it is a cry for help. Hide the clippers! And tattoo needle! OK, now I pass. |
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Gold Member Username: Jan_b_vigneDallas, TX Post Number: 9846 Registered: May-04 | . Brown for Wagner! Ain't that The Truth! If I knew what that meant, we could stop now. I'm all for freeing Oxygen! Don't they have weapons of mass destruction? Isn't this AWG the precursor to a nuclear program? Spread democracy throughout the Elemental Table and let Oxygen be the lynchpin for that spread ... ... of democracy! ......... through the elemental table. My dog covers stuff with something that sparkles. That count? "Little clocks"? I'm talkin' picture frames. I think the back of my amplifier says (why is it always the back that says stuff? Should I start another thread? I probably should but I'm here now.) not to use speaker stands with an absence of color. It doesn't say anything about "colour". I want to do it anyway. All the best stands have an absence of color. But I don't want black. What other colors are there with an absence of all color? Will it harm my stands? The only mechanisms I have are parked in the driveway. I've never heard of an erstwhile brand. Will it hurt my stands? One of the voices I used to hear when I played music said, "I know I'm mad. I've always been mad." I thought that was brilliant but the voice had a British accent and then I figured it was just redundant. Then I heard about English dogs being mad and I stopped listening to those voices. Will they harm my stands? . |
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Gold Member Username: My_rantzAustralia Post Number: 1195 Registered: Nov-05 | "Then I heard about English dogs being mad and I stopped listening to those voices. Will they harm my stands?" Only if they lift their leg on 'em. So what's next for your entertainment Jan? |
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Silver Member Username: DavidpaPortland, Oregon US Post Number: 403 Registered: Nov-05 | Look Jan, if you just dont get it, then we cant help you. Colour, color, sparkles, or sparkling, you have to get out there and paint. Epoxy first. Ring the bell twice, otherwise noone goes away. Oh, and about the clocks? If you time em just right, the bipolar nature design in each woofer (dog here) creates true balance in your cats. And there is no such thing as color/colour anyways, its all just an opinion, especially if your color blind. What do we have to do? Shop for you? |
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Gold Member Username: NuckPost Number: 6005 Registered: Dec-04 | Mad dogs and Englishmen. And Jan, out in the noonday sun. Without a hat. . |
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Gold Member Username: John_aLondonU.K. Post Number: 4635 Registered: Dec-03 | David writes:- "And there is no such thing as color/colour anyways, its all just an opinion" Oh, Lord, here we go again..... Try that when interpreting traffic lights, David. See how it stands up in court. Or as an epitaph. Jan, "If I was going to buy new speakers, which I'm not, what color speaker stand would I like? Frank is right; black is not an option. Choose universal -- choose white. Glad you caught the Wagner reference. There is a the first surround-sound Ring being released. From Australia, Adelaide. Hybrid SACD/CD. Melba records. I thought it was a sort of ice-cream. Thought you should know.... |
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Silver Member Username: DavidpaPortland, Oregon US Post Number: 404 Registered: Nov-05 | Oh, Lord, here we go again..... Try that when interpreting traffic lights, David. See how it stands up in court. Or as an epitaph. I give up. |
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Gold Member Username: John_aLondonU.K. Post Number: 4636 Registered: Dec-03 | Sorry, david, old habits and all that. Jan, there is only one colo(u)r for all right-thinking people. It has been scientifically proved. You know it already, deep down. There is no point in arguing. The nuns knew it, too. I am leaving this thread until you guys come to your senses.... |
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Gold Member Username: Jan_b_vigneDallas, TX Post Number: 9851 Registered: May-04 | . The nuns wore black. A little white but their soles were black. Should I go listen to a nun? How much discount should I get? Will that harm my stands? Nuck - I have a hat, it's made out of aluminum. |
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Platinum Member Username: Project6Post Number: 13104 Registered: Dec-03 | But the blackness is not real, they are just shadows. You only think it is real because that is only what you see. Cast your eyes upon the cause of the nuns. Listen with a hat. |
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Gold Member Username: NuckPost Number: 6009 Registered: Dec-04 | Pepperidge Farm. |
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Silver Member Username: TwebbzOakland Park, Florida USA Post Number: 473 Registered: Apr-04 | The nuns won't harm your stands but, they may rap on your knuckles with a ruler or bash your head against a blackboard. Catholic grade school...I remember it well. |
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Platinum Member Username: Project6Post Number: 13107 Registered: Dec-03 | I've heard of gangsta rap, but knuckle rap...not so much. It's more of a feeling... |
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Bronze Member Username: Mortal_oneCanada Post Number: 52 Registered: Nov-04 | Well Jan, now you have a better understanding of all the differences that the dogs can have on your system. But you have yet to understand the relationship that all of the components have on the music being presented. I can not tell you which stands not buy since I am not you, but given a price range, your eye sight, age, height and weight requirements along with the dietary habits of your dogs I can make a few recommendations. You will also need to describe what you find is lacking in the music representation at the present and what you are looking to achieve by not buying stands of any specific colour. Then I will be able pinpoint what is wrong using vague and subjective terms to make you more confused. The only way to appreciate this subject to go and listen to the different aspect of no colour and then you will understand. The hat will cause unnecessary reflects given the material composition and should be removed. Only a beanie will affect the sounds system in a natural way. |
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Gold Member Username: NuckPost Number: 6012 Registered: Dec-04 | with a pinwheel/propeller on top. Help, Cecil, help! |
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Gold Member Username: NuckPost Number: 6013 Registered: Dec-04 | I'm comin' Beanie Boy! |
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Gold Member Username: Jan_b_vigneDallas, TX Post Number: 9855 Registered: May-04 | . TMO - I will never understand my dogs, that's why I came to this forum for help with stands. At the moment nothing is lacking in my music reproduction since I've not mated musics. Only dogs, and they seem to do well when left to their own "devices". I know I can't listen to color so I think you're just being obtuse now. I resent that since I didn't ask anyone to be obtuse. I think you're trying to confuse my stands. . |
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Gold Member Username: Jan_b_vigneDallas, TX Post Number: 9856 Registered: May-04 | . If it ends up I can listen to color, can I listen to two at the same time without harming my stands? |
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Bronze Member Username: Mortal_oneCanada Post Number: 54 Registered: Nov-04 | The beanie will spin in copasetic speed equal the frequency response of the speakers, thereby exciting the similar nodes and reducing secondary distortion characteristics. This is why there is no need for speaker stands. |
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Gold Member Username: John_aLondonU.K. Post Number: 4639 Registered: Dec-03 | That's alright in theory, TMO, but nine out of ten blind trial listeners prefer the sound of stands to the sound of wire. |
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Gold Member Username: Jan_b_vigneDallas, TX Post Number: 9861 Registered: May-04 | . Thanks for the help. I've decided to buy some lawn care tools. |
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Gold Member Username: NuckPost Number: 6027 Registered: Dec-04 | If it is a power tool, use sorbothene in between the engine mounts. It calms the exhaust clatter. If it's 2-stroke, use twice as much. Why the hell do I keep looking here?!?! |
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Bronze Member Username: StryvnPost Number: 37 Registered: Dec-06 | Another satisfied customer! |
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Gold Member Username: Arande2Extreme SQ FTW Post Number: 1674 Registered: Dec-06 | |
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Gold Member Username: NuckPost Number: 6040 Registered: Dec-04 | It's not easy being green. Kermit |
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Platinum Member Username: Project6Post Number: 13113 Registered: Dec-03 | But green is the color of spring. |
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Gold Member Username: NuckPost Number: 6043 Registered: Dec-04 | I am not sure how much Jan bet Jan(the evil twin) on how long this would drag on, but I demand a cut for post#61. I'm shakin' like a man in a fuzzy tree... |
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Gold Member Username: John_aLondonU.K. Post Number: 4640 Registered: Dec-03 | I think that's that, Nuck. No more to be said. Congratulations on your decision, Jan. Good wishes for many hours of happy strimming. |
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Gold Member Username: Jan_b_vigneDallas, TX Post Number: 9866 Registered: May-04 | . I won't be using the lawn care equipment. |
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Silver Member Username: DavidpaPortland, Oregon US Post Number: 406 Registered: Nov-05 | As long as you have an audio gremlin inside of your lawn care equipment, you will be just fine Jan. (they can be had for 75% of retail btw, if you can negotiate) Just be certain to give em lots of space. Great choices BTW! |
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Gold Member Username: John_aLondonU.K. Post Number: 4641 Registered: Dec-03 | I understand that Black and Decker orange power cable, for hedge trimmers, makes excellent speaker cable. |
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Gold Member Username: NuckPost Number: 6048 Registered: Dec-04 | Actually, John, the Liberty cable that I use is very close to the BnD cable, excepting the colour and the tougher case. The insulators for each conductor is similarly tactile, cuts and measures very close, and has 11 strands/per. |
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Gold Member Username: NuckPost Number: 6049 Registered: Dec-04 | Unless you were kidding, in which case I hadn't noticed. |
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Gold Member Username: Jan_b_vigneDallas, TX Post Number: 9869 Registered: May-04 | . John A. - You seem overly fixated on speaker cables. I'm thinking this might harm your stands. |
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Gold Member Username: Jan_b_vigneDallas, TX Post Number: 9870 Registered: May-04 | . Would that be possible if his stands aren't black? |
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Bronze Member Username: NmytreePost Number: 83 Registered: Aug-04 | The correct speaker stands are very important. I have always found this speaker holder to be the best option. http://static.flickr.com/39/76619455_a63db52790_m.jpg |
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Gold Member Username: NuckPost Number: 6051 Registered: Dec-04 | Is she available in black? |
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Gold Member Username: My_rantzAustralia Post Number: 1204 Registered: Nov-05 | Especially when placing speakers abreast of each other (grin). |
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Gold Member Username: My_rantzAustralia Post Number: 1205 Registered: Nov-05 | And when dancing cheek to cheek! |
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Gold Member Username: Jan_b_vigneDallas, TX Post Number: 9872 Registered: May-04 | . How an such thin material hold anything? |
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Gold Member Username: NuckPost Number: 6052 Registered: Dec-04 | Barely! The stands must come in this material, Jan. |
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Silver Member Username: DavidpaPortland, Oregon US Post Number: 407 Registered: Nov-05 | AND, she can be had at a HUGE DISCOUNT. IF you know how to barter! |
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Silver Member Username: DavidpaPortland, Oregon US Post Number: 408 Registered: Nov-05 | Im wondering though, if you got that specific stand, wouldn't the sound be a bit muffled? |
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Gold Member Username: My_rantzAustralia Post Number: 1208 Registered: Nov-05 | You could put spikes on it, but I don't think filling it with sand would be a good idea. |
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Gold Member Username: Jan_b_vigneDallas, TX Post Number: 9876 Registered: May-04 | . Think lawn care equipment! Think lawn care equipment! |
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