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Custom made Speaker stands...what would you pay?

GiantPanda

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Trying to determine if its worth it to start making these on the side. I made these pair for my brother in law for xmas. Sand filled pipes, and specifically designed to be long enough to fit LPs in (for extra sound deadening, of course). Basically unlimited height and wood styles. They weren't cheap to make surprisingly, so wondering if the market is there to produce.

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Keep in mind that shipping several pieces of black pipe and floor flanges plus 4 slabs of wood might not be real cheap.
They do look pretty cool.
 
No. If you are thinking about making speaker stands, this style (ebay link, see photos) sells very well. I always buy when I see them and they sell quick on CL. Pretty sure you could serial produce them and sell all day long at $50 for a new pair.
 
I think the most important quality of a good speaker stand is stability. You don't want it to flex when the woofer is pumping air. Sorry to tell you this but those stands look kind of wobbly to me.
 
SoCal Sam said:
No. If you are thinking about making speaker stands, this style (ebay link, see photos) sells very well. I always buy when I see them and they sell quick on CL. Pretty sure you could serial produce them and sell all day long at $50 for a new pair.
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You cant make much money building those for $50. You would have to use extremely cheap materials. And even then, after they are shipped, you have probably made $12 and hour..
 
Route 66 said:
I think the most important quality of a good speaker stand is stability. You don't want it to flex when the woofer is pumping air. Sorry to tell you this but those stands look kind of wobbly to me.
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Should he build a one inch high protective enclosure around the perimeter so it doesn't fall off too ?
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Something like this one from Yamaha - Yamaha NS 1000 type speaker stand would be very nice. :)
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Dave1384 said:
Should he build a one inch high protective enclosure around the perimeter so it doesn't fall off too ?
Maybe
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I don't think that's necessary but the speakers should be coupled to the stands with a product such as Blu Tack. They should also be as acoustically dead as possible and heavy so that they don't rock back and forth while the music is playing. This can be accomplished by filling the hollow legs with sand or even lead shot.
 
Lazarus Long said:
You cant make much money building those for $50. You would have to use extremely cheap materials. And even then, after they are shipped, you have probably made $12 and hour..
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The riser is hard wood. The base and pedestal are particle board. The highest cost item would be the walnut veneer. It does not look to be that much, especially in volume production. What I know for sure is that beat up ones get $40 on CL all day long so there is a market for them. They are perfect for any vintage 12 inch three way speaker. With nice L-100's and HPM-100's in the $600 range, I think new stands would sell. A Canadian ebayer is selling new stands for $84, shipping included and seems to be doing very well. His stands are solid walnut.
 
SoCal Sam said:
The riser is hard wood. The base and pedestal are particle board. The highest cost item would be the walnut veneer. It does not look to be that much, especially in volume production. What I know for sure is that beat up ones get $40 on CL all day long so there is a market for them. They are perfect for any vintage 12 inch three way speaker. With nice L-100's and HPM-100's in the $600 range, I think new stands would sell. A Canadian ebayer is selling new stands for $84, shipping included and seems to be doing very well. His stands are solid walnut.
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Solid walnut stands for $84 shipped? Lets break that down real quick. He is going to use aboit 4 board feet of lumber per 2 stands. Lets say he gets a good price at $4 per bdft. $16 in lumber. Then you have a bunch of small costs to consider. Wear and tear to saw blades, planer and jointer knives. Shop materials including sandpaper, glue, and fasteners. Finishing supplies. Its hard to estimate this cost per pair. I'm going to go low and say $2.. He is also shipping them. With packaging and post, $20 per isnt out of line. EBay and PayPal fees equal roughly 15%. Thats another $12.60.

Thats $50.60 in cost to produce those stands. That leaves $33.40. Take taxes out of that, and hes pocketing about $20 per pair.

I am a furniture maker. I know how much time and effort you need to put in to produce high quality items.. I could not make those stands at that price and feel good about myself. Im not running a production shop, and I certainly dont want to need to produce 30 pairs of those in a day to make a living.
 
Thanks for the breakdown Lazarus! Yeah, I'm not sure either how that guy is making a profit once time is factored in. I'm no furniture maker but I enjoy working with wood. The stand pictured above probably took me 4 hours between prep, paint, sanding, finishing, etc.
 
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