Headphone stand - suggestions needed!

DIY Audio DIY Stands
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Hello all!

I am an engineer and a big fan of perfect audio, especially on my headphones. Some time ago, I bought the AKG k612 headphones and I love them. Perfect and clean audio, very open scene and the design! Worth every $ I spent on it.
However, the one problem I found is that I am concerned about the headbands distortion, when not using it and hanging on headphone hanger.
That’s why (as an engineer) I started thinking of the solution, how to store my k612 and be calm about headbands. I’ve made my headphone stand (so I don’t need to hang k612) and I want to share it with the world.
However I would like to meet the premium look of the k612, it is quite challenging though! I am wondering about several aspects, so I created my own survey/research.
Could You please, as true Audiophiles, help me with this one, so I’ll get rid off my dilemmas?
If you leave your email in the form (totally optional), I will send you a discount code once my headphone stand is available for sale!

https://forms.gle/CFve9wpMed6gt6YCA

PS. The survey should take no longer than 1 minute to complete!

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To answer your form, I built this stand a while ago:

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Lessons learned:

  • 3mm steel plate under the wooden base gives a lot of stability
  • headband-support is pretty difficult to get right (this one sucks for “floating headband”-type headphones)
  • finishing wood is time consuming and takes a lot of elbow grease (power tools only get you so far)

Warnings from model building experience:

  • Steambending wood is 0 fun (even with custom jigs)
  • Carbonfiber/Glasfiber mold working is messy and comes with a steep learning curve.
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Thank You so much for Your reply and suggestions.
I really like Your stand.
I am exploring new concept for headphone stand - it is more stand than hanger.

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I will say while I lilke the Idea of carbon fibre. I dont think uit would be the greatest thing to use. carbon fibre is light and kinda feels plasticky Its a nice piece as a accent piece but personally I feel a stand should most importantly be on the heavier side of things feel solid as well. a feature thje I wish m,ore stand have though is some sort of cable storage especially for use ATH Air and beyer lovers that have to suffer through non detachable cables.

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Look at the “couch” Meze-Audio makes, don’t do that.

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That is, what it is? Resin with carbon fibre in it.
If you made a steel base plate and carbon fiber top, the thing would be “light ish” and very stable due to weight distribution.

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what I mean to say is carbon fibre pieces often end up being on th emore expensive side of things. personally for stands I prefer things on the heavier side of things. Im also a very tactile person so the feel is a very important thing for me. but Im not likely to be the main target audience anyway

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a lot of people use cheap banana stands.

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Something that would put your headphone stand leagues above the rest would be to somehow implement a way to adjust the curvature. That plus an adjustable height would essentially make it “universal.”

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Or a way to hold the headphone without pushing on any padded parts.

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I want to buy one of those banana holders, nothing special but just the right function to be a headphone stand, plus it is minimalistic and clean to look at with your headphone standing out.

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For me, an ideal headphone stand for functionality would:

  1. have a heavy-enough base with good grip.
  2. be a hanging design with option to interchange between rod/thin beam for headphones with an indented center (i.e. HD6XX or ESP/95X) and a broader, arched support for other kinds of headbands.
  3. be minimalist in design, so that the headphone can stand out.
  4. be $30 or under.

Of course, if we’re talking about for show… well, taste is subjective.

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Why do I get the feeling that this is going to be a $100 solution to a $10 problem.

Headbands and ear pads are consumable parts that typically can and should be replaced as needed.

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Isn’t making cheap stuff expensive the point of the high-end audio industry? Fancy cables, pads of premium materials, innovation in fidelity that are different in measurement and not perception, etc. :^)

I don’t think there is anything wrong with an over-engineered stand. Not in my interest, but there probably would be people with more disposable incomes that would appreciate something unique, aesthetic, and functional.

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