| Audio visual enthusiasts know that getting the right | | | | good if placed in a bookshelf as some might think. |
| stand for their speakers can be as important as | | | | Obviously, speakers are designed to only produce |
| getting the right speaker. Speakers can only give their | | | | sound through the front but they will also produce |
| best results when they are placed correctly and are | | | | sound through whatever they are placed on or near. |
| able to sit without any unnecessary movement. | | | | As a general rule, speaker stands should be rigid to |
| Speakers are not designed to transmit sound through | | | | stop any unnecessary vibration and have as little |
| stands so stands need to be sturdy. A good stand | | | | contact with the ground as possible to stop sound |
| should isolate the speaker from the floor and the floor | | | | being passed through anything but the air. Speaker |
| from the speaker. Some stands have spikes on their | | | | stands should also be stable for more practical |
| feet which help to give added stability and to reduce | | | | purposes: speakers are expensive and f you have |
| the surface area of the stand that touches the floor. | | | | children or animals running around, you do not want |
| Furthermore, the added rigidness that spikes provide | | | | your speakers to fall off and break. Speakers stands |
| will help the performance of the woofer However, | | | | should have some mass to them as a high-mass |
| floor-standing speakers should not use spikes unless | | | | stand will stop your speakers from moving |
| necessary. Spikes (or any other rigid floor coupling) | | | | unnecessarily. |
| increase the amount of vibration transferred between | | | | Ideally, the stand should bring the speaker's tweeter to |
| the floor and cabinet in both directions. By all means, | | | | ear level. If you sit down when listening to music, |
| use spikes if you need to increase static friction and | | | | ensure that the stand is around 3 feet tall. As well as |
| prevent lateral movement of the speakers but | | | | being better placed by the tweeter, the stand will have |
| consider using rubber bumpers to decouple the | | | | the effect of improving lower frequency sound thus |
| speaker from the floor. | | | | giving you a better all-round sound than you would |
| Counter intuitively, "Bookshelf" speakers do not sound | | | | have without. |