Should the Q5 have stands?

[Gregadd]

I would not put an expensive speaker on the floor. Any other benefits?

 

[JackD201]

If you were 8 ft tall or listened on a bar stool maybe. LOL.

Seriously though, why would you want to put a speaker heavier than a 600cc sportbike on stands?

 

[Gregadd]

Even the liberty bell rings. Stands don't have to add height.

 

[JackD201]

Ah, so you mean footers instead of spikes. I hurt myself with the knuckle test on the Q5s. This speaker's enclosure is deader than the proverbial door nail. I have no way of knowing if going from the supplied spikes to something like their own Q-Pods, Harmonix or CMS RiZEs would change things much other than maybe transmitting differently to the floor for different bass creep.

 

[GaryProtein]

The weight of it alone will anchor it to the floor. It doesn't need anything else.

If you're concerned about it's being ON the floor and you want to protect it from the one who vacuums the room, just put some nails in the floor to act as a "stop." !!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[rockitman]

poured concrete floors are best for the heavy weights, imo...no spring.

 

[Gregadd]

If you have floorstanding loudspeakers and would like to get very best performance out of them the first thing that you will want to do is mount them on Sound Anchor Bases. In addition to elevating your speakers slightly Sound Anchor Bases control the flow of energy into your floor and control cabinet vibrations so that you can not hear them. This clears up all kinds of artifacts that are usually blamed on electronics.

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There are some benefits.

 

[Gregadd]

 

[Gregadd]

My aging memory was able to http://www.whatsbestforum.com/showt...ing-with-particular-reference-to-loudspeakers recall this thread by Gary that addresses this issue in general.

 

[Gregadd]

http://magico.net/Technology/Details/Details_04.php

 

[mep]

poured concrete floors are best for the heavy weights, imo...no spring.

That is what's under my thick pad and carpet.