How to change the height of floorstanders?

[steve_1979]

Hello all. I'm looking for a way to raise the height of some floorstanding speakers by about 10cm to bring the tweeter up ear level. Does anyone have any ideas of how this can be done?

I've considered going to a gravestone maker and asking him to cut some polished black granite to the desired size and putting some spikes on the bottom.

 

[basshound]

I think you`ve answered your own question,seems a pretty good idea to me.

 

[shooter]

What floor standers are you using at the moment?

 

[steve_1979]

I currently have a Q Acoustics 1010i 5.1 speaker system but will probley get some Q Acoustics 1030i floorstanding speakers and upgrade to a 7.1 system soon.

www.richersounds.com/product/floorstanders/q-acoustics/1030i/qaco-1030i-blk

 

[Andrew Everard]

I'd get the tombstones cut to the same size, and ask for four little indents to be ground out on the upper surface into which your speaker spikes can stand.

 

[shooter]

That are the 1010i sats placed on at the moment?

The 1030i are around 900mm high which is ok and you could tilt them upwards and because of the angles in would have to be a 10cm tilt just spike adjustment.

 

[steve_1979]

The 1010i sats are on 80cm stands. These speakers are used with my PC so they need to be a bit higher than what most people would use because I listen to them sitting on an office chair at a desk.

 

[shooter]

Obviously you don't want to tilt the 1010i so go with yours or Andrews. If its only a temporary solution before you get the 1030i, concrete blocks dressed up which are around 11cm maybe a cheaper option at £1 each.

 

[steve_1979]

Many thanks for your help everyone.

I think the best solution will be to take the 1030i speakers along with me and get them to cut the granite to fit the exact shape of the bottom of the speakers.

If anyone has any other good ideas I would happy to hear them.

 

[DistortedVision]

You might try to go to granite merchants that do granite kitchen worktops etc and ask for the pieces from cut-offs. I got some quality granite cut and polished from a local one and they only charged me £15. He asked me what they were for and he told him it was for hi-fi he said they get people asking all the time. I think they like people asking because it reduces their wastage.

 

[Anonymous]

or get a lower chair