My new stands!!

[mattepntr]

COOL!!

[ZeN]

Those look fantastic!!! Cant wait to see them in person!

-Kolbe

ZeN

[Bighitter]

They look great.

BTW what are the speakers on the shelf behind the ascends?

[frank]

hi curtis your new speaker stands look great!! did you have the guy design the back of the stand so you could run your speaker wire/cable down the back so it could be hidden from sight. Also does the guy have a website so all of us could check it out. thanks

[frank]

curtis I forgot to post this question on my last post with the speakers being so tall aren't they also top heavy does the new stands have a strap to told them down

[curtis]

Thanks guys.

The speakers you see on the bookshelf are ACI Sapphires that I am demoing to satisfy my curiosity. They are very nice. When they are fully broken in, I will post my thoughts. Mike Dzurko of ACI was very kind in sending me a pair....they start at $1300/pr.

The stands do not hide the speaker cable, but they are fillable, which I intend to use cat litter. I will fasten the speaker cable to the underside of the top plate. No strap, but Brian did make a back plate that uses the threaded insert on the CMT-340 so the speaker can be locked to the stand....right now with nothing holding it down it is more stable than I thought it would be. I might just end up using Blu-tac instead.

Brian's website is http://www.rutledgeaudiodesign.com

Happy Thanksgiving!



-curtis

[Derek]

Curtis,

Those stands look really great! I really like the contrast between the black and lighter maple.

Brian is a great craftsman and really easy to work with. He will work with you to build exactly what you want, so I don't see why he couldn't hide the wires in the column. Just give him a call.

Derek

[curtis]

Thanks Derek!

Your experience with Brian gave me more reason to use him.

The stands could easily hide wire in the columns, just needed a hole for entry and one for exit. But since I wanted mine fillable, I really do not any more holes.

-curtis

[Derek]

Gotcha.

However, I bet he could get creative with some tubing that the wire could run through. Or he could build two internal chambers: one for the sand and another smaller one for the wire.

Either way, your stands look great. You got me thinking about having him build cherry stands for my 170s for my next house... :-)

Derek

[curtis]

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Hmmmmmmm.....

-curtis