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Has anyone a S80 stand they could measure, I have S45-2 stands so I only need Base L x W and height please.
TIA, John.
W265 x D255 x H515 mm (height includes the plastic cap on the top of the bar)
--mika
Thank you Mika, for all your help, one last question, does the rear piece lean from the vertical ? mm.
Thank you again, John.
The upright has a 3° inclination to the back from vertical
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Thank you Soren, Mmm 3 degrees I make that 20 mm from vertical measured at the top of the plastic cap. Is that correct?
John.
20-25 mm something like that, looks like this
Thank you Soren, looks like you are making a pair, I am about to start making mine. I notice that the vertical corners on my S45-s stands are not welded, only welded on top and under the stands and the welds stop 2mm short of the corners. It would be very difficult to make a perfect internal and external vertical welds. While it is easy to grind the top and bottom flat.
Good luck with yours, John.
I made mine some 2-3 years ago, http://archivedarchivedforum2.beoworld.org/forums/p/35659/295993.aspx#295993 I used a mig welder, the outer corners are no problem, the inner corners I welded and grinded down with 1/4" reamer in the grinder
I remember it well amigo! That was quite a craftsman's job that was.
Jacques
So it looks like there are many variations for the S80 stands. My main concern is that I don't chose the wrong upright angle and make the speakers unstable / top heavy. My understanding is the S45 stands have a 15mm "neck" and the S80 stands have the cross bat fixed to the upright with no neck and a plastic bung in the top of the upright. Thanks for the link to making the stands.
My S80.2 stands (correct and original for them, for all that I know) do not have that neck you mention. It seems that if you adjust the speakers to vertical, the front of the actual cabinet (not including the resin front) aligns with the front edge of the stand.
I don't think there's much reason to worry about them being top heavy, the majority of the weight seems to be in the bass driver's magnet, and it's quite low, nicely above the center point of the stand.
Thank you Mika, that helps a lot. I see yours are S80-2, I wonder if the S80-2 has mounting holes at a different height to my S80, my reason for asking I have seen 78cm as mine will be, also 70cm heights quoted on Ebay? I think 70cm tall would look better with my SC70 + Beocenter 7002. Anyone care to comment?
I have a pair of the 51,5cm high stands.They have a broken screw at the bottom of one of the vertical bars that will have to be drilled out and theyare in need of sanding and a respray.
Martin
johnpc:Thank you Mika, that helps a lot. I see yours are S80-2, I wonder if the S80-2 has mounting holes at a different height to my S80, my reason for asking I have seen 78cm as mine will be, also 70cm heights quoted on Ebay?
On my speakers, the mounting holes are exactly in the middle of the rear, so that makes the mounted speaker ~77 cm high.
Interestingly, the old architect I bought them from had drilled new mounting holes in the speakers to make them sit ~9 cm lower - and I have to admit they looked better that way to me as well!
Thank you Martin, But I have everything ordered and looking forwards to making them later this week. I may make the stands shorter so the speaker tops are level with the SC70 cabinet. Mika, The Fixing holes are half way down my S80.