Mr. Yamaha
Not so much Yamaha lately...
I was searching quite some time for affordable and solid speaker stands for my NS-1000M's. I needed them to be heavy, solid and good looking. And most of all, they needed to be affordable.
So I received several quotes from different companies around the globe, read a lot of DIY threads where people made (mostly) wooden stands, but it was too expensive (around $500) or I wasn't too happy about the looks.
So then one day I found some concrete bricks meant for building walls in gardens. They measured 150x150x300 mm. The bricks were literally $2,50 each
So the NS-1000M's are 295 mm deep and I needed stands of around 300 mm in height. So the math was easy: 2 blocks stacked on each other and 2 stacks per speaker. So I needed 8 bricks.
I glued them on each other with special glue / sealant, placed round stick-on felts under the lower bricks to protect my floor and put a thin foam non skid layer on the top bricks to protect my speakers (secured with double tape).
While the bricks ware already grayish / black, they also had some chalk stains which I was not too happy about. So I went to the hardware store and bought standard wall paint in the color matte black and painted the bricks with it. They needed 2 layers for best result.
I must say, I'm pretty stoked about the results, and can you imagine, just for $40
So I received several quotes from different companies around the globe, read a lot of DIY threads where people made (mostly) wooden stands, but it was too expensive (around $500) or I wasn't too happy about the looks.
So then one day I found some concrete bricks meant for building walls in gardens. They measured 150x150x300 mm. The bricks were literally $2,50 each
So the NS-1000M's are 295 mm deep and I needed stands of around 300 mm in height. So the math was easy: 2 blocks stacked on each other and 2 stacks per speaker. So I needed 8 bricks.
I glued them on each other with special glue / sealant, placed round stick-on felts under the lower bricks to protect my floor and put a thin foam non skid layer on the top bricks to protect my speakers (secured with double tape).
While the bricks ware already grayish / black, they also had some chalk stains which I was not too happy about. So I went to the hardware store and bought standard wall paint in the color matte black and painted the bricks with it. They needed 2 layers for best result.
I must say, I'm pretty stoked about the results, and can you imagine, just for $40
