My new to me stand

[Mikeandvan]

Just got one of those old Target stands off Ebay for £25, very rigid and feels nailed to my floor as its spiked! I actually prefer the look of these rather industrial looking old stand than the horrid tubular metal ones or the 'tasteful' wooden ones, and now I've got 2 more shelves! Mind you the Quad gets pretty hot, should I give it more space to breathe on top? Also had to remove my turntable shelf to fit this in, gonna reposition it a bit higher up the wall. Would the heat from the Quad affect the pre amp above? Bearing in mind I should be getting a Croft 25 pre soon, so that'll sit on the top shelf, that's the plan anyway.

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[Macca]

How hot is your QUAD getting Mike? Wouldn't have thought it would get any more than warm (like a radiator on low heat) in normal use, even after hours of it. If it's really hot (as in you can't leave your hand against it for long) after a couple of hours you need to get it checked out.

[Mikeandvan]

How hot is your QUAD getting Mike? Wouldn't have thought it would get any more than warm (like a radiator on low heat) in normal use, even after hours of it. If it's really hot (as in you can't leave your hand against it for long) after a couple of hours you need to get it checked out.

Its pretty warm but not so hot you can't leave your hand on it.

[Macca]

Ah it's fine then.

[stairpost]

There is something very likeable about that range of Target stands. Simple, but very good at what they were designed to do.

[Mikeandvan]

There is something very likeable about that range of Target stands. Simple, but very good at what they were designed to do.

Yeh they are extremely solid/rigid. For the prices they command nowadays they are a bargain. This one has spiked feet as well, my last one had just plastic feet. I had one of those Atacama monstrosities once, bloody massive, stuck out from the wall a mile, lasted one day in my lounge then on Ebay!

[Ian7633]

I've got a Target stand like yours and as you say they're nice and solid and reassuringly heavy on the spikes. I've also got a Sound Style stand which is also a hefty thing but just looks a bit tacky.

[Mikeandvan]

I've got a Target stand like yours and as you say they're nice and solid and reassuringly heavy on the spikes. I've also got a Sound Style stand which is also a hefty thing but just looks a bit tacky.

Yeh after the industrial old style stands, the 90s seemed to bring that horrible black glass/tubular steel stands, very tacky. I hated the Atacama newer one too with the separate shelfs, too much plastic on it.

[Johnny nocash]

2623626237I'm with you Mike, but my choice of 'industrial' is sound organisation.

[Mikeandvan]

2623626237I'm with you Mike, but my choice of 'industrial' is sound organisation.

Were Target and SO the same company, that shelf is identical!

[Johnny nocash]

Were Target and SO the same company, that shelf is identical!

No mate, but they did make remarkably similar products in their early days.

[Mikeandvan]

My kitchen/living room has an air conditioner unit connected to the side of its outer wall, from the restaurant below, this emits some serious vibration, so much I can feel in sometimes when sitting on my sofa, have to move the sofa away from the wall to stop feeling the vibrations. Just realising now what a serious impact this could be having on my hi fi system. My stand has spiked feet and with all the weight from the quad, other units and stand itself is now very firmly coupled to the floor, would I be better off putting something between the spikes and floor to decouple it? Even if its only those spike feet - little metal discs. I aim to buy an old target TT shelf as well, and will consider further isolation between the shelf and TT, such as the vibration pads Jamie linked to in another thread. I'm also thinking in my case it might be worth placing these pads under my amps as well.

[karma67]

if your free next weekend i can bring them over to you as well as the tonearm cable and interconnects for a try.

[Lawrence001]

My favourite hifi stands are the black Target ones with 4 legs but the bigger tubular legs rather than these thinner square legs. Still a single welded unit. Tbh I had one of these ones and it felt a bit lightweight compared to the ones with the tubular legs. Mine had glass shelves but wood was an option too.

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[Mikeandvan]

if your free next weekend i can bring them over to you as well as the tonearm cable and interconnects for a try.

Hi Jamie, yeh I should be free at some point, evening may'be, self employed so hours change a lot.

[Mikeandvan]

My favourite hifi stands are the black Target ones with 4 legs but the bigger tubular legs rather than these thinner square legs. Still a single welded unit. Tbh I had one of these ones and it felt a bit lightweight compared to the ones with the tubular legs. Mine had glass shelves but wood was an option too.

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I like the look of this more skeletal ones, they don't draw too much attention to themselves.

[karma67]

Hi Jamie, yeh I should be free at some point, evening may'be, self employed so hours change a lot.

cool,pm me your number and ill give you a call friday to confirm :cool: