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Re: Some questions re: M22 and SS16 (longish)
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Hey tonygeno, thanks for the link to the partsexpress stands. Are you using these stands with M22s? They seem like they're on the right track, but with a platform of 7 - 1/16" square, I would think the spikes on the corners of the platform would not match up with the bottom of the M22s. Nice and heavy though, I like that.
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Re: Some questions re: M22 and SS16 (longish)
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No, I don't have the M22 but have owned many stand mounted speakers over the years. As long as the top plate fits inside the speaker dimensions, you should be fine. I don't think the M22 is less than the the length/width of the top plate at its narrowest, so it should fit perfectly.
Oh, and you can use Blutack by Bostick to "affix" the speaker to the stand. It's a putty that does a great job of bonding, but is easily removable.
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Re: Some questions re: M22 and SS16 (longish)
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I too just got M22s and SS16s. While I love the M22s, I'm really not impressed with the SS16s.
At first I couldn't even set them up because one of the rods wouldn't thread, even when I pulled out the vice grips. (Let me say that Axiom does have excellent customer service, and they did sent out a replacement rod to me at no charge.)
Even after getting them assembled, I expect them to fall apart - actually, one did while I was positioning speakers.
Fortunately I had a hold of the M22 when it happened.
After assembling them a second time, they still aren't sturdy at all. I am unable to tighten the bottom nut enough so the plate on top won't move around - the top cap just spins when I try. As a result, the middle tube, top plate, and bottom can all rotate seperately from one another - not cool.
The top plate also isn't the right size for the Axioms. Ideally, the top plate and the bottom of the m22s would be pre-drilled, so you could securely mount the speakers onto the stands. Of course, I'm not sure there's any point to securely mounting a speaker to a stand that is as unstable as the SS16.
If I didn't love the M22s so much, I would have sent the whole kit back without a second thought. As it is, I give the M22s an A, and the SS16s a D.
16 - 18 inches is the ideal height for a speaker stand in my setup though - what are other people using with their M22s at that height?
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Re: Some questions re: M22 and SS16 (longish)
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Axiom should probably OEM some stands from one of the many stand manufacturers. I believe Plateau is Canadian. They could probably get a nice, fillable metal stand OEM'd for not much more than the SS16.
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Re: Some questions re: M22 and SS16 (longish)
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Interesting you should mention OEM. I was wondering if they already were OEM, since the box the stands came in had a big "The Stand Company" logo on it. I don't know if this is just a department of Axiom though...
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Re: Some questions re: M22 and SS16 (longish)
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I have my m22s setting on a pair of 24" stands made by VTI.They have a heavy metal base plate and are fillable.I got them from discounts-n-deals.com.I think they also come 16" or 18".
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