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)
Well ...
1. According to others ( I just received them and they are not even hooked up) the audioengines play well above their weight class
2. The importance of good speaker stands is under-appreciated
3. Anything that makes it easy for me to adjust the speaker positioning (especially when listening in the near-field) is worth a lot.
4. These are not the last pair of speakers that will grace the stands
5. They look cool as hell
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5. They look cool as hell
My dear, dear friend, those may have been the kindest words I've ever heard. I worked very hard to make sure they looked as good as they were. You wait 'til you pick one up, they're heavy; I can stand on one and it holds me securely. To make that utility look good was a heck of a lot of work, and I desperately wanted them to look as good as they worked.
I have to admit however, that after the mechanical design was done (which I do think is pretty cool, but wasn't too hard) the difficult job of making it look good really boiled down to ... well, pleasing Ivy. If it didn't please Ivy, I went back to the drawing board; and each time I did, I just basically worked on Ivy's gripe. So she, and in various other but similar ways, the whole team here, contributed very strongly to making it possible.
Anyway, thanks, I love the look of them, too.
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Last edited by Tyll Hertsens; 05-01-2008 at 01:09 AM.
1. According to others ( I just received them and they are not even hooked up) the audioengines play well above their weight class
2. The importance of good speaker stands is under-appreciated
3. Anything that makes it easy for me to adjust the speaker positioning (especially when listening in the near-field) is worth a lot.
4. These are not the last pair of speakers that will grace the stands
5. They look cool as hell
Makes sense.
I have to agree with point #5. Good work Tyll. I knew I had to have them when I first saw them. There just aren't any other solutions that are even half as slick. And I didn't want wall cubes on my desk.
I always had the sneaking feeling there were going to be expensive and half expected they would be very pricey. When I saw the final price, the price comfortably exceeded any leeway in my budget that could have accomodated them, so there goes that dream. Right now my Dynaudios are resting on their stock stands with a few books underneath, so I guess that's the way it has to be unless av123 can come up with something
(unless you had some R10's hanging off them at the same time)
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