audio monitor stands for a sit/stand desk?

[Declan Gorman]

Hi Nigel,
   I order a set of ISO Acoustics desktop speaker stands this morning  
as I am not happy with my current speaker setup.  They are height  
adjustable so they might be just what you need.

http://www.isoacoustics.com/isol8r155.php

Regards,

Declan.

Quoting Nigel Kersten <nigel at explanatorygap.net>:

> So this is my current setup, with my adjustable standing desk that I adore.
> I spend 90% of the time there standing, but being able to sit when I feel
> like it is awesome.
>
> The shelf at the back is an Ikea hack job, and I just picked up for free a
> double monitor arm that fits both those screens.
>
> However the arm precludes the shelf, which I'm ok with as it's turning out
> to be annoying low for a bunch of my gear like the MS20 and the Mackie
> mixer.
>
> [image: Inline image 1]
> (picture is straight after cleaning up and reorganizing the studio, it's
> never quite this neat normally)
>
> The question is though, what do I do for my audio monitors?
>
> All the desktop stands I've seen are too short and put the monitors at the
> wrong height when I'm standing at the desk, and if I get floor-standing
> speaker stands then it'll be really bloody annoying when I'm sitting....
>
> I tried doubling the book stacks, but that just ends up being really
> unstable and I fear for the monitors when the desk goes up and down.
>
> I suspect that if I carve up the Ikea shelf like this:
> http://www.instructables.com/id/Space-saving-Studio-MonitorsSpeakers-Stand/
> and leave the books on them that it'll still be relatively unstable.
>
> I'm not particularly set up for woodworking or building something, although
> I could almost certainly rope a well-tooled friend in if needed. (that
> sounds kinda dirty actually)
>
> Thoughts?
>