Is it worth it to invest in a pair of good monitor stands? I’m gravitating towards the Gravity SP 3102. Or would a DIY approach work well enough too? Anybody any ideas or tips on this matter? My monitors are now sitting too low on a pair of acoustic pads and I think there’s definitely room for improvement. Thanks in advance!
Jeremy
Hi Jeremy,
At my home/development PC I was a little tight for desk space so I got some security camera mounts and mounted my little iLoud monitor speakers to the wall. Note this isn’t in our Studio where everything matters as much and I’m sure in theory mounting to the wall breaks many sacred Audio mixing tenets. I will say having the speakers up at ear level sounds pretty good in this little setup anyway…
Hey Glen,
Thought about wall mounts too but I’d like a more flexible solution for now. I tend to change setups until I’m comfortable and with my current setup I don’t feel I’m there.
A pair of “Samson MS200 Studio-Monitorständer” is doing its job just fine here since at least 16 years.
Yet the spikes have left impressions in the floors of at least two apartments so far. These days I have an extra wooden panel for the stands to stand on:
Hi Robin, came across those too and I like them but I just don’t have space for them so I would prefer some stands I could place on a desk.
I have my Rokits on 2 cheapo builders buckets turned upside down. They cost about €1.50 each or something, they’re stable (I just had to remove the metal handles) and they put my monitors at ear level.
I could imagine the buckets acting as resonance chambers and amplifying certain frequencies, unless they’re filled with some padding material.
Very classic solution. For several years I had monitors on painted concrete construction blocks.
Coincidentally the time period coincided with the time before I was married. 
That’s a possibility I suppose. Thanks for pointing that out. I’ve not noticed anything like that yet - the plastic is thick and the volumes not very loud and the bottom of the speakers are lined with a rubber pad (which may mitigate resonances perhaps…?).
The room is not treated at all so it might be the least of my concerns but I’ll stuff them with cotton wool and pillow stuffing and see if that improves the sound at all.
And if not, I’ll invest in some bricks instead 
