Axiom Home Page Forums General Discussion Advice from Axiom Owners Anyone using non-Axiom stands for QS8's?

The media towers work very well but I've only had them against a wall (~1/2 gap top to bottom).
I purchased 2 more recently. $3 each at a yard sale.
They are a little shorter and need to be painted but I'm excited...
Got a 5" hole saw lined up and should have them ready and installed, with v3 QS8's on top, very soon.

This is EXACTLY what I had in mind. I have two 36 inch dvd media towers and thinking of putting them on sides of couch walls with QS8s on top of it. Now going to home depot to buy 6 inch router bit. Even though I wanted to try to make it higher I realized axiom stands are 36 inches as well so I'm fine. I'm sure there is something out there that can raise the media towers such as foam pads? Hoping I get mine done today and post pics. Also did you keep your backing on the towers or removed them to see the wall through your media tower?

Got my QS8s up and running. Sounds awesome and glad I didn't spend $300 on a stand I made my own. Here are some pics showing how I did it.
http://s1070.photobucket.com/user/ereed28214/media/20160731_152855_zps0ulyddxa.jpg.html

Looks good.
I used the provides backboard. It was also black so it looks good. It holds the movies in place(from falling out the back) and adds to the strength of the completed unit.

I took my backboard out just so the woofer can spread out more and not reflect inside the cabinet. Just my paranoia. lol I'm new to photobucket so I'm curious were you able to see just one pic or the whole album? And I used the 5 inch router, not the 6 inch I thought I was gonna purchase. Also put felt pads on the bottom of the tower to make sliding easier and it raised the tweeter 1/8 inch. ha Right now I have tweeters 41 inches from floor.

Saw whole album, so QS8's on stands. Very nice.

Thanks!

Only thing I would have done differently is used a shotgun to cut the hole for the QS8 bottom woofer.... but then again I live out in the country where that kind of thing is pretty common.

The combination of shotgun + jigsaw is actually very effective, as long as you wipe off the lead splash before letting kids play with the finished product.

EDIT - I guess this should go under the woodworking thread... I haven't been thrown out of that yet.

Lol

Ha, if I used a shotgun I would have damaged the whole shelf!