# Siting my Quad 2905s **URL:** \ **Category:** Loudspeakers\ **Created:** [July 14, 2021, 5:26pm UTC](https://forum.psaudio.com/t/siting-my-quad-2905s/24523 "2021-07-14T17:26:08Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![jeffreybehr](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forum.psaudio.com/jeffreybehr/32/36_2.png) [@jeffreybehr](https://forum.psaudio.com/u/jeffreybehr)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2021, 5:26pm UTC](https://forum.psaudio.com/t/siting-my-quad-2905s/24523/1 "2021-07-14T17:26:08Z")
I mentioned previously in a Systems thread that I had reinstalled my 2905s and still needed to accurately place them in their new positions. ![2021Jul14_DSC0060_Quad on face_1500w](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/psaudio/original/3X/b/2/b2580c405fa9c7e4f31edcbfc8740d6b1ecdd14a.jpeg) I started that last nite while my friend was here… It took the second attemp to decide to use the pair of surplus speaker-spike bars I had and where to place the original Quad stability weights. ![2021Jul14_DSC0059_bottom with bar and weight_1500w](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/psaudio/original/3X/e/4/e4b066dfba53d660ab71df860daedec91f0280cb.jpeg) I have lots of Wagner isolation pads… ![2021Jul14_DSC0063_Wagner pads_1500w](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/psaudio/original/3X/1/3/13d49a541a8581e6edbc6d220a0cefd3bb71cfda.jpeg) …along with cut-cardboard spacers to use atop the carpet… With the thick steel plate on the bottom, I expect it’ll take a stack of two pads under each end of the bar and maybe three under the rear corners. Here’s where to get the Wagner pads. > **[Pads](https://www.supplyhouse.com/Pads-11752000)** > > This category contains an assortment of pads manufactured by DiversiTech, including UltraLite pads, E Lite pads, CladLite pads, and black pads. Don’t expect soft, squishy things. And here’s where to get the bars and spikes. > **[Soundocity loudspeaker accessory products. Stabilizing loudspeakers.](https://soundocity.com/shop/)** > > Soundocity loudspeaker accessory products and other useful products. Our outriggers with spikes provide an extremely easy way to adjust speakers on setup. ---
**Author:** ![joe-appierto](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forum.psaudio.com/joe-appierto/32/294192_2.png) [@joe-appierto](https://forum.psaudio.com/u/joe-appierto)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2021, 8:52pm UTC](https://forum.psaudio.com/t/siting-my-quad-2905s/24523/2 "2021-07-14T20:52:27Z")
Best of luck with the set-up. Ten years ago I was setting up their predecessor, the 989 in my apartment. That was a much simpler model structurally. Basically get’em upright, pointed in the right direction, sit, and listen. 🙂 ![Stereo as of 5_27_11 001](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/psaudio/original/3X/f/1/f1a07d977d3195dec550cd9830b00ea002c5b68a.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![jeffreybehr](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forum.psaudio.com/jeffreybehr/32/36_2.png) [@jeffreybehr](https://forum.psaudio.com/u/jeffreybehr)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2021, 10:14pm UTC](https://forum.psaudio.com/t/siting-my-quad-2905s/24523/3 "2021-07-14T22:14:50Z")
TY. The major parts of the system are simpler than they look, it just has three parts… Have spent a couple hours this aft removing a pair of speaker cables and two pairs of interconnects from the bundles. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![frank7036](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forum.psaudio.com/frank7036/32/40_2.png) [@frank7036](https://forum.psaudio.com/u/frank7036)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2021, 10:30pm UTC](https://forum.psaudio.com/t/siting-my-quad-2905s/24523/4 "2021-07-14T22:30:54Z")
I like the idea of castors on outriggers to assist in setup/positioning then changing to feet. I think Wilson & also B&W 800 do something similar. I also love Peter Walker’s comments about the 57s - get them about 14” off the floor - anything will do, like a beer crate. Pity we don’t still have beer crates, squishy cardboard beer cartons don’t work. My take on getting the Quads up a bit in the accompanying picture. ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/psaudio/original/3X/c/2/c272accd5a43198df0b41fe0f01418c2131ab23b.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![jeffreybehr](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forum.psaudio.com/jeffreybehr/32/36_2.png) [@jeffreybehr](https://forum.psaudio.com/u/jeffreybehr)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2021, 6:21pm UTC](https://forum.psaudio.com/t/siting-my-quad-2905s/24523/5 "2021-07-15T18:21:57Z")
Got moderately ambitious yesterday–it’s too damned hot to go outside!–and finished the siting project and then reorganized the cable after removeing four coils of stuff–2-each pairs of ICs and speaker cables from the bundles and coils: ![2021Jul15_DSC0074_four coils of cable removed_1500w](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/psaudio/original/3X/d/7/d7cd6114bd09fac4ef6bcd2a6e6beba78a3102e5.jpeg) The backend of the system looks somewhat neater now. ![2021Jul15_DSC0071_front floor left_1500h](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/psaudio/original/3X/f/6/f6389f8473f276156647c988a4d5a58ce1b239a8.jpeg) ![2021Jul15_DSC0068_front floor right_1500h](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/psaudio/original/3X/f/f/ff9af4edb551d0ddd993f7b033074920df95850d.jpeg) The coil of gray cable behind the center amp are all speakercables for the four pairs of surround and ceiling speakers; it is a movie system, after all. 😁 ![2021Jul15_DSC0070_backend from near right_1500w](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/psaudio/original/3X/2/b/2b3334384339d37a2d9cc052205e3486376ea25f.jpeg) Got all the pads installed… ![2021Jiul15_DSC0064_front pad_1500w](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/psaudio/original/3X/d/9/d917875c6cd542b246ffd0f926f300608f990f96.jpeg) ![2021Jul15_DSC0066_rear pads_1500w](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/psaudio/original/3X/6/e/6ec6bc540fdc73dd8006a1055dc8fa8bb638c112.jpeg) ![2021Jul15_DSC0067_speaker rear bottom_1500w](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/psaudio/original/3X/6/0/60415146ddeb2b6ae0b31d39cc9de450f7a20d44.jpeg) …and set the two distances to within about an 1/8-inch. I’m rather proud of myself for getting this physically challenged oldfart off his butt and doing something useful inbetween tending my home-hospice wife.