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FS 104 Signature 2022 New Design

The speakers originally stood on HNE custom granite stands but due to a house move these were considered too tall. Custom Design helped me identify the FS 104 Signature which best meet my requirements. The top plates were a perfect match for the Karis. I ordered the stands together with bags of Inert Filler as recommended. The HNE were acoustically dead and I was concerned about colouration being introduced by the use of metal stands. The stands arrived the next day as promised and I was hugely impressed by the quality and accuracy of manufacture. Even the packaging was exemplary! They were straight forward to assemble and the inert filler seemed to do a great job of surpressing any resonance from the central column. They also looked absolutely stunning. Of course none of this matter if they didn't sound right, but I need not have worried. The sound is controlled, clear and precise with a well defined bass. The clarity and dynamics are excellent and the overall sound is very musical and involving. In short I now have the sort of system that gets you searching for one more CD play before bedtime! The system sounds even better with the FS 104 Signatures than it did before and given the original cost of the HNEs the FS 104 Signatures represent amazing value for money. Congratulations to Custom Design on an excellent product. Regards Chris 14th November 2014 Sysyem: Lektor CDP7 CD Player, Unison S6 amp, Diapason Karis speakers, LFD interconnects (silver).

Chris Lewis
16/11/2014

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£289.99 Ex Tax: £241.66

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HiFi Furniture Discrete Inert HiFi Support

Custom Built Discrete Inert Acoustic HiFi 3 21st September 2014 We have assembled the table and it looks great, size is perfect and very attractive too. Sounds as good to. Thank you for the great service and for the attention to detail. Best Regards Peter Lachman

Peter Lachman
22/09/2014

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Custom Built SQ 404 Speaker Stands

Hi Paul, They will be used primarily with the NS1000, dimensions fit perfectly. However the improvements are dramatic with the new stands. The bass is much tighter and the midrange has greater explicit focusand detail. They look brilliant with the 1000's and the build and assembly is top class. Incidently I use a pair of Townsend Ribbon tweeters to further extend the treble of the system. I can see me wanting a second pair of stands! All the best David.

David Stowe
07/07/2014

( 6 ) total reviews

£449.99 Ex Tax: £374.99

RS 300 Speaker Stands

Julie 18th June 2014 Got in from work tonight to find my husband had set up our RS 300 speaker stand supports with PMC DB1 Acoustic Top Plates, Acoustic Base Plates and 4 bags of Inert Filler. I had to drop you a line to say how completely blown away we are with the difference they have made to our system. My husband is a complete audiophile and your RS 300 speaker stand supports have left him speechless. More Sound, More Separartion, More Depth. You have made an old man VERY HAPPY! Thanks Again Julie

Julie
23/06/2014

( 11 ) total reviews

£160.00 Ex Tax: £133.33

Turntable Isolation Platform WMB G4 (forth Generation)

Wall-mounted turntable supports make good sense in many homes. If you have a solid wall, you may well find that the deck suffers less from loudspeaker-induced or footfall noise and general low-frequency background hash. It will also almost certainly eliminate needle skip as you walk through the room and free up some space in your rack. This particular shelf is strong, neat and easy to fix, and gives a lively sound with plenty of zing.We could imagine improving with filler and a less resonant shelf. Custom Designs own iRAP material is ideal for the latter, at added cost - glass does look nice though! Hi-Fi Choice November 2005 - Review by Richard Black Audiofile Essentials

Trade Review
20/03/2014

( 1 ) total reviews

£399.98 Ex Tax: £333.32

SQ 404 Speaker Stands

The stands arrived and were easy to assemble. They made a significant difference. Orchestral music breathes a bit easier, sounds more natural and fuller. I would recommend these stands to anyone. Regards John SQ 404 Wood ( Walnut/Steel 6mm Base ) Delivered to Australia

John Schmid ( Australia )
20/03/2014

( 2 ) total reviews

£349.99 Ex Tax: £291.66

SQ 404 Speaker Stands

Inert Filler is supplied as standard and don't even think about saving the trouble of using it. Without it, the stands will ring and resonate in a most unbecoming fashion. With it and the Acoustic Steel top plates, they are among the most completely dead stands we've yet encounted. As a result, the sound of loudspeakers we tried on these stands is particularly clear and crisp, with a welcome freedom from coloration. We all pay lip service to the importance of getting speaker postioning right, but the fact is that standmount speakers are nearly impossible to postion effectively while they're mounted on resonant stands. With really stable Sound-less stands like these, it's so much easier to hear the differences from one postion to another. The net result is that not only do coloration levels drop but, because the postioning can now be properly optimised, you will benefit also from improved stereo imaging and focus. We've no hesitation in calling this design one of the best speaker stands currently available. Hi-Fi Choice August 2006 - Reviewed by Richard Black Verdict - 92% - Editor's Choice - Any half-decent standmont speaker will be improved by this efficient stand, giving clearer sound in every way.

Hi-Fi Choice
20/03/2014

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£349.99 Ex Tax: £291.66

SQ 402 Speaker Stands

Calling the SQ402 a stand is a little inaccurate - it's actually a whole range of stands, under the one SQ402 name tag. Custom Design supplied both metal and solid wood supports, enabling us to try both. Our test models top plates are Acoustic Steel, which we know from previous experience is worth the £10 premium. We'd also recommend adding the company's Inert Filler to the metal supports, Inert kills the resonance pretty much stone dead. A stand with only two supports will never be quite as stable as one with three or more, but heavy ATC speakers were no challenge for our SQ402s regardless of which supports we used, and both the ATCs and some smaller JBLs we tried were, on the whole, very happy to sit atop them. You may detect alittle more upper-bass bloom when using the wooden supports, but with both types you'll obtain solid images, with little if any effect on midrange and treble tonality. Hi-Fi Choice Aug: 2007 For - Good looks and decent results for the price. Verdict - In addition to being attractive, the many guises of SQ402s give highly acceptable results at a sensible price.

Trade Review
20/03/2014

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£199.99 Ex Tax: £166.66

SQ 402 Speaker Stands

This two pillar loudspeaker stand is part of a highly configurable range of components, so the base model can be enhanced by an Acoustic Steel top plate and the uprights packed with the companys Inert Filler. Plus, they look good, too. If you are looking at budget loudspeaker stands, these upgradeable models are the best you can buy today. Hi-Fi Choice Awards 2007 Award Gold Best Speaker Stand under £150

Hi-Fi Choice Awards
20/03/2014

( 2 ) total reviews

£199.99 Ex Tax: £166.66