A lovely chunky pair of Mission speaker stands from the charity shop couldn’t be ignored.
In great condition, but missing their spikes. That’s easily fixed though. Isn’t it ?
Previously I used the Gale stands, shown on the right in the first picture. It is clear to see the Mission is a more substantial stand, the main tube is twice the diameter. They are Heavy too. All the better for my Bowers & Wilkins speakers to give of their best. £20 to the charity shop and they came home with me.
The spikes were missing. Replacements are readily available, so I thought. Trouble is that the available spikes are either M6 or M8 thread. I tried bolts of both sizes in the Stance base. Neither was entertained. The thread was something in between. Probably M7 ?
A set of M8 spikes was purchased for £7. I already owned a suitable Engineers tap, so I was able to drill out the existing threads in the stand and cut M8 threads to suit. The whole job took just an hour or so. The spikes were then just screwed in and the nut nipped tight to secure.
These plain black spikes are not as fancy as the chrome spikes which these stands would have originally had. To my eyes though they look smart and cerainly do the job of coupling the stands to the floor, bypassing the weave of the carpet. I didn’t install spikes on the top. My preffered method of mounting speakers is four squares of blu-tak, cut directly from a fresh packet.
I’m pleased with the new stands. Mission were clever with the naming of this product. It certainly presents a very firm and solid “stance” to my speakers.