Speaker stands

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(x-posted to women_in_audio)

I've decided I want some speaker stands, and in case anyone has any opinions about them, I'm soliciting.

I mainly want them for my near-fields in my home studio (I have Yamaha NS-10s, specifically), to free up workspace and finally have my speakers at the same height. (woo!) So, they don't need to be anything crazy, but if I'm going to spend some money on them, I'm not against putting a couple more bucks to have something that'd stand up to a mid-sized PA setup in case it'd be handy to have for or a smaller performance space or party or something along those lines.

I don't really want tripods, they fold up nice but I think the footprint would be larger than ideal for home. I'm thinking of something like these:
Quiklok BS300 http://www.zzounds.com/item--QLKBS300

Any thoughts, O audiophiles? Does the platform come off to have just a pole-mount if'n you wanted? I can't tell.

Comments

[bitwise.livejournal.com]

I have some giant pole-mount tripods, and I'd tend to agree: they're well built but take way too much space for a home studio. Plus they're too tall for mixing; they're pretty much only usable as a PA.

That said, if you or anyone else wants a cheap PA (speakers/stands/amp), I'd sell.

[angel-boi.livejournal.com]

had some tripods for some pa speakers in my bedroom at the cracktory...
defintaly ate up WAY to much space!

i have some similar to those...
i love that you can route the cables through them
(as cables of all kinds are my swarn enemy)
the height adjust is also very nice so you can tweek the placement.

but if space is your bigest worry, why not get a walmount set?