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Best way to couple monitor speakers to stands?

I made some Sound Anchor copy 4 post stands for my Revel M20 monitors. They are very heavy and I think the sound is noticeably better than the stands I was using before. I am using 4 dabs of blue tack to couple the speakers to the stands. I wondering if big improvements can be made with something else. The top of the stands are 3/4" thick by 2" steel bar roughly the same size of the speaker and then at each corner a 2x2 steel tube runs down to a bass. Looks just like the sound anchor 4 post stands. I filled everything with sand/lead shot.

Is blue tack good enough?
ejlif
tvad
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There are so many options and so many opinions that you really have to try a few possibilities for yourself: Herbie's Big Fat Dots, DIY Sorbothane discs (from material purchased through McMaster.com), Nimbus couplers, Grand Prix Audio Apex footers, Aurios, ArtGum Erasers...the list gets pretty long.

BTW, I thought Sound Anchor supplied coupling discs of some sort? Maybe I heard this wrong or I'm thinking of another manufacturer.
tvad
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BTW, I thought Sound Anchor supplied coupling discs of some sort? Maybe I heard this wrong or I'm thinking of another manufacturer.
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Comment redacted.

I reread that you have made some copies.
somec59
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Put 50 lbs on top of the monitor
tmiddle
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The best method would be attach via screws to firmly couple to your speakers/stands. This is what I would do with my Merlins, but refuse to drill into the cabinets so I use blu tak. I think the secret is to use just very small blobs. About the size of bb in each corner will hold very securely.
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yogiboy
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Go to Walmart and get Scotch foam mounting squares they are double sided and cost about $2.00,they work as well as any other stick on device I have used.
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