Did you ever buy the stands, DocPearl? I'm curious what they look like with the av-40's on them.

  I purchased a udac-2 from amazon a week ago and I could not tell the difference between using my X-Fi Xtreme Audio sound card and the NuForce DAC.  I use Sennheiser HD595's and Sennheiser HD280's.  If you are pontificating on wheather to purchase a sound card or DAC, I would say to get the...

  I purchased a udac-2 from amazon a week ago and I could not tell the difference between using my X-Fi Xtreme Audio sound card and the NuForce DAC.  I use Sennheiser HD595's and Sennheiser HD280's.  If you are pontificating on wheather to purchase a sound card or DAC, I would say to get the...

I also accidentally a headphone after I didn't them more.

I finished the stands last week.  I've just been lazy about taking the finished pictures.   I'll get pictures up soon.  They didn't turn out the way I would have liked.   The measurements aren't perfect and there are several scratches and nicks from screwdriver slips.  Grr... O well.  Maybe...

Yeah, I figured out the end grain bit a little late.  After I cut all my pieces, my dad (who is the woodworker) told me that the end grain should never be visible if possible.  Side grain is ok but I should always try to hide the end grain because it has a different color and pattern than the...

  Quote: Sweet. just remember that with stain, 1 coat is generally enough.  Once the wood sucks up the stain, that's pretty much it.  The only thing you may do is sand and reapply for darker color.  Its the polyurethane that you want to do multiple coats of.  Apply, sand. apply, sand...

Quote: Awesome!  Be sure to post up a tread of your progress :)   Pine will work just fine.  You wont get as nice of a grain look but frankly, it won't really matter.  Maybe get some black wood dye or wood paint to match your speakers?  Pine looks really nice with solid primary colors.

Did some sanding after dying.  Water based stains and dyes tend to raise the wood fibers so its no longer smooth.  Some surface sanding is required but not too much.   It lost a bit of its color after sanding.  Most of the color lost was in the wood fibers on the surface. The lower half of...

Ok, I went to Rockler today.    Thanks to the help of a fellow forum member on droid forums . net, I went with a wood dye instead of stain.  So I went with a friend to the Rockler wood store here in Hoffman Estates IL.   I brought along a test piece of wood and looked though their wood...

I've had many offers so far.  Unfortunately, due to my lack of experience and patience, any dollar amount wouldn't be high enough :)   I'd want something like $200 for materials and labor.  Even if that price is good for you, because of my lack of experience, I wouldn't be able to guarantee...

  Quote: I may give it another coat.  However, when looking in the can after a thorough mixing, its a light brown.  Maybe over time, the reg pigments have faded in the can?  Its Minwax Cherry.   Which... BTW, they dont make anymore lol.

Oh, crud.  Sorry about that. I did a search for "Speaker Stand" and didn't even look at the dates.  Whoops!

Quote: I attached them with 10 x 1.5" screws.  I have a countersunk drill bit that will allow me to make the screw heads flush (or even a bit recessed) with the top and bottom of the stands.      I stained the stands with Minwax "Cherry" wood stain and they came out brown .   I had...

I'm making some of my own as well.  I'm using hardwood.  I think its cherry.   http://www.head-fi.org/forum/thread/498804/my-custom-m-audio-av-40-speaker-stands