Speaker Stands - SoundFoundations

magma,

What is the url for soundfoundations ?

Kittu

hifivision.com!:ohyeah:

this very thread is the original and most preferred url....

havent you figured out the founder of sounfoundations?

anyway- for official purposes the url can be seen in my personal profile.
 
With these stands, SoundFoundations now joins a select group of manufactures who use custom extrusions in their creations.
We have been lucky to source the customized Aluminum profiles used by B&W in their stands.However we have made a few changes from their design which we believe are for the better.
The orientation of the dual columns are changed for added support.This orientation also allows for concealed wire mgt.
The Oval profile of the columns is widely believed to be one of the better shapes you can use in stand design today compared to flat faces that cause undue reflections.
The custom extrusion apart from being sand fillable , also allows us to directly screw on the extrusion to the top and bottom plates and can be finished in any color or texture.
Top and bottom plates are 1mm thicker than what are used in the original B&w stands and can be made in all grades of steel.
Spikes are stainless steel and are top adjustable.
A single column version is available for those on a budget
We strongly believe that our product is far better than its inspiration.

Currently this design is frozen for direct buyers (not made up my mind fully) and is intended for intrested dealers only.This is because dealers have been asking me to create something unique for them which is not easily replicated in addition to having an aesthetic edge

BW-Dual



BW-Sinlge




My next project is also a challenging one
we are now working to fine tune a lossy box design for speakers like Spendors,Harbeths,ATC's etc
 
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SoundFoundations now enters an elite club of a handful who design and manufacture "lossy" stands for speakers such as Harbeths,ATC,Spendors etc
Speakers like the ones mentioned above require special stands of a "boxy" design that allow the speaker to resonate rather than conventional pillared stands that couple or isolate speakers.
The design must be "open framed" to dissipate vibrations effectively.Also,unlike conventional deign. these stands use a concept of being "lossy" in nature and hence are required to be light yet rigid.

Most of our international competition use a very plain box design manufactured by simply welding together square pipes/tubes.We , however have gone a step further in making our design modular, more accurate and more importantly level adjustable.For this we use a custom aluminum extrusions.We find that our internally cross braced profiles provide more rigidity , inertness and accuracy than welded steel tubes.

Another point of note is our design itself.It is unique and does look different from the regular box frame and functions superbly as well.

Each stand may be used in a configuration with either 3 spikes or 4 - whatever the user may wish.
The stands ship with special polymer pads for coupling the speaker with the stand

Stands below were custom made by me personally for a pair of Harbeth SHL5

 
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Hi Ali
Congrats on these new stands
I guess these are going to Hydrebad
 
Great work Magma.. :clapping:

just wondering how i missed this thread for so long.. :)

Keep up the good work.. !!!!

Cheers..!!
 
Hi,

Got the new stands today as a part of the groupbuy. They were well packed and the courier people delivered them to my address. As intimated earlier the consignment consisted of two packets one for the plates and other for the coloumns.

Well for me the stands were a impulse buy since a goup buy was going on and I wanted to try a good speaker stands. I already had made two speaker stands with the help of my carpenter which were kept in the bedroom. These were for keeping my onkyo liverpool speakers (smallish speakers). I assembled the stands (a simple job) and then shifted the bookshelves and turned on the CDP and well sound seemed to have improved. Well got a bunch of CDs and listened to various familiar tracks in this system keeping the speakers on the stands and oh well the soundstage has widened and the music seemed like more crisper (you all get what I mean) had more definition. Well I have become a speaker stand convert. Though earlier I made some stands from mdf board and wooden coloumns they did not sound as good (maybe not designed properly only copied cosmetically).

Only grouse that the base plates have some indentations on some sides otherwise fine work Magmaji. Pretty pleased with the result. Maybe will try out an audio rack next.
 
Sid
If you dont mind can you post some pics with the speakers on the stands. This is ofcourse after you get the stands :)
 
Got the stands yesterday. Filled the pillars with sand and the whole assembly took an hour or so. These stands are really kick ass for the price. The spikes are really top quality stuff. Had originally intended to use the stands with bookshelves as surrounds but gave up on the idea considering placement of surrounds and my 2 year old. For the time being using it with my sony bookshelves :o part of my midi system in my study until I find a better place for it. Great stands magma and thanks for the quick response on my quiries.
Regards
 
here is a top plate of a stand equipped with skirting designed by soundfoundations especially for a client with tall speakers who wanted some extra childproofing
(Though i strongly believe blue tack is more than enough)

the suckers hold on to the sides of the speakers
the skirting on 3 sides provides extra childproofing



 
BluTack works very well for me. It literally cements the speaker to the stand: The speakers have been saved from being knocked down by my cleaning lady's mop handle more than once.

But with children around, I think you can't be too careful.
 
Hello All,

Recently bought a pair of "Aura" stands from magma, and extremely happy with my decision :ohyeah:
Great quality, and my SQ has improved immensely.
I was amazed at the craftsmanship, the solidity of material (the stands a heavy enough without filling the centre column), and the meticulous packing. The stands were built and delivered before the estimated dates, and reached me safely.

@magma - a heartfelt Thank You, keep up the great work! :clapping:

Some pics...(please pardon the low quality of the pictures, I had thought my 5MP phone cam would do a better job)
 

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