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No it's not! It's quite simple, actually. Play around with stuff you already have around the house:Stack some cinder blocks. Even if not on hand, will cost you a few bux at Home Depot. Very solid and effective sonically. I've actually used these as monitor stands -- spkrs sounded great on 'em. Paint them to better the look.Plant stands.Kitchen / dining chairs. Bar stools.Some simple wooden end tables (or any material, for that matter). In a pinch, I have used these as speaker (and gear) stands:Adjust the height in small increments with books, bricks, blocks of wood, hockey pucks, etc. The height of the average kitchen / dining chair is 18 inches. Maybe a good starting point?Use your imagination. Experiment and get a feel for things. When you find the height that works, then commit to a pair of more expensive dedicated stands. Think outside the box. Not only is it not brain surgery, it's not rocket science either! Good luck in your experimentations. I'm sure they will sound absolutely superb, even if "off" by a few inches. I wouldn't sweat the small stuff.
These are great ideas sunnydaze, and very practical, and the pictures too are a great idea.
Yeah, now why was that so hard to figure out?
Hi, Folks,I thought of including this question in my thread on speaker stand alternatives, but then decided to break it out into a separate topic because I figure somebody will be asking this question in the future and doing it this way will make an answer easier to find. What are you finding is the ideal height for Omega monitors? Conventional wisdom with most speakers is that you want the tweeter at ear level. Is the consensus for Omega monitors that you want the center of the driver at ear level, too? And are any of you tilting your monitors back at all to change alignment relative to your ears?I am kind of scratching my head over this because my listening position is a bit unusual. My room doubles as a guest bedroom and I sit on a day bed to listen to music - that puts my ears about 40" off the floor, IIRC, which I'm guessing is higher than would be the case on a conventional sofa or chair.Anyway, given that I'm going to have to eventually buy a pair of fixed height stands, how do I get speaker height right the first time?Thanks for your wisdom and guidance.
Rebbi—My Alnico monitors are also in a less than optimal position. Mine are a bit higher than they should be. I found some monitor isolation pads on eBay, knock-offs of some made by Mo-pad and about ½ the price, that angle the speakers down by a few degrees. Sounds like you need to angle yours up and, of course, all you have to do is turn around the isolation pads.
