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Granite Plynth's for speakers ?

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Old 06-01-2009, 9:24 PM   #1
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Granite Plynth's for speakers ?

Just seen a pair of granite plynth's on Ebay that are aimed at going under your speakers to ''focus the base'', does anybody have these and do they work. The guy is selling them for £150 !!!! But i have something similar on my kitchen worktop which has the teapot on !! That cost £14.99 from Argos and is the same dimensions but not quiet as thick, would his slab be that much different to the Argos efforts ?
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Old 06-01-2009, 9:37 PM   #2
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Re: Granite Plynth's for speakers ?

can you give us a link of the ones from argos i cant seem to find them
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Old 06-01-2009, 9:38 PM   #3
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Re: Granite Plynth's for speakers ?

These are an option too...

Tesco granite placemats 2pack - Tesco.Direct
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Re: Granite Plynth's for speakers ?

and these are great.. can be had instore too Tesco Finest Granite Worktop Saver - Tesco.Direct i have three, 2 for speaker stands & 1 for subwoofer.
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Re: Granite Plynth's for speakers ?

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and these are great.. can be had instore too Tesco Finest Granite Worktop Saver - Tesco.Direct i have three, 2 for speaker stands & 1 for subwoofer.
Excellent, even better than mine !!! Do they actually make a difference ?
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Re: Granite Plynth's for speakers ?

If you want something very big and chunky have a search for 'granite surface plates' on ebay, I have them under all of my speakers and are great. the large ones i have weight about 34kgs each though! quite cheap for how much granite your getting.
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Old 17-01-2009, 7:43 PM   #7
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Re: Granite Plynth's for speakers ?

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Excellent, even better than mine !!! Do they actually make a difference ?
Do they make a difference?

if so what?
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