cinder blocks as speakers stands?
How well do they work? I am planing on getting 6 8x8x8 cinder blocks and spray painting them black. I know they will be sterdy and thats what I'm going for. Will it change the sound at all? Is they any disadvantage in using cinder blocks as speaker stands?
Man, I just had the biggest college days "flashback"
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Originally Posted by weez82
How well do they work? I am planing on getting 6 8x8x8 cinder blocks and spray painting them black. I know they will be sterdy and thats what I'm going for. Will it change the sound at all? Is they any disadvantage in using cinder blocks as speaker stands?
Don't ask questions like this. Guys over 45 years old immediately start havin' hippie, psychodelic flashbacks... Man did I just have a laugh reliving the student's "furniture of choice", the ever faithful cinderblock.
Da Worfster :D
Just don't be going Kung-fu on them after a few cold ones
The only bit of advice I would add from my experiences is to try stuffing a some soft material in the holes (assuming they're the common 2-hole variety).
When stacking I found it worked best to stuff towels, as was mentioned by someone else, inside the holes. Might have just been me, but we got some weird echo/resonance effect with'em. Soft material tends to insulate them, and also limit how much they can move if you, a cat, or whatever should bump them slightly.
My neighbor's got a few in his front yard you're welcome to, you'll have to move the Ford Tempo off them yourself though.
Cheers!
speaking of speaker stands
I have 2 sculpture stands that I was thinking about using. They are just laminated MDF and are pretty heavy duty but are hollow inside. I can't fill them up with anything the way they are constructed. Will this cause any problems?