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Originally Posted by warpdriver
I guess I have a mental block that would prevent me from ever spending $500 on stands to prop up $350 speakers.  (unless you had some R10's hanging off them at the same time) |
A) Yeah, you don't want to spend that kind of money for $350 speakers.
B) I remember when I first started to make headphone amps and one of the issues early on was why spend $1000 on the amp when the headphones only cost $200. Over time, headphones got more expensive and the amps got cheaper and got better.
I think the real point is that in the system we're talking about, you're looking at:
$1000 to $3000 speakers
$800 to $1600 in amps
$800 to $1600 in preamp
$500 to $1000 in sub
$300 to $600 in cables
So a $500 stand is not really out of line. Speaker positioning does significantly help to eek our those precious few percent improvements that you're working at getting with audiophile gear.
Again, for those on a budget,
wall cubes are your friend!