Looking to use these for risers/dampening a home theater receiver. Is the rubber smell strong and/ or seem to linger? Thank you!
1563773
No smell I have a commercial stainless refridge that I have on them outside. They are very strong and thick. Your receiver will be fine especially if they big fronts
729052
They smell a little like rubber but, not to the point of throwing them out. I do air them out after every wear.
1908810
Not sure, I bought a few and they have lasted for a long time. I haven't experienced any separation or odd smell.
1637386
When I had one of these, the smell went away after a few uses. Unfortunately my unit fell out of the closet and I think it broke inside. I bought another one at a hardware store that died within a week of use, also had a burning rubber smell. I think they are very delicate inside and that is the only fault of the ceramic design.
2000602
I didn't notice that. I think there may be some rubber smell, but it's not very serious, and with time flies I think the smell will disappear.
27525
Would have to get a strong air freshner but they will. The smell is like a really strong rubber smell for the 1st couple of weeks.
1783253
Mine didn't smell at all. Possibly an extremely faint rubber smell due to the material it is made of? But it is supper subtle (I am very sensitive to smells and don't really detect anything).
2151227
Sad to say, I still detect that rubbery smell and I've wondered myself if it will completely leave. I'm not real convinced it will. I've put mine in a light flannel pillowcase and most of the time I'm not aware of the smell now. Makes you worry about fumes, though doesn't it?
1399142
These have small spikes on the feet and they stay fairly secure for my Polk 5 1/4", two way surrounds (Model T15), but they are on a carpet over a cement floor. If you have much bigger speakers you may want a larger stand as the extension pole is only held by friction via a single adjusting screw (unless you do not plan on using any extension). other than that, use anything heavy that you don't mind looking at, the bases are a steel plate and should hold quite a bit.
1475660
I've had no smells of any sort with mine. I would bet your rubber smell goes away as they air out. Hope this helps.
1688808
I didn't notice a smell. I think they are made of wood. I'm very happy with them they are sturdier than I thought they wohld be and the price is unbeatable.
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I just purchased a pair of these for my home speaker system. I use them to replace a pioneer speakers they are designed for home use at 8 ohms. If you do use them to replace the speaker in a speaker enclosure you may want to buy spacers just in case. Sometimes the housing frame the metal part could be slightly larger than the hole in your wooden cabinet. Cool thing about the speakers they don't have foam they're basically corrugated and covered with a plastic material. Since I live in Florida phone tends to rot. My home stereo receiver is 700 W so that's about 100 W per channel. The speaker sound pretty decent. Hope this helps. I just purchased a pair of these for my home speaker system. I use them to replace a pioneer speakers they are designed for home use at 8 ohms. If you do use them to replace the speaker in a speaker enclosure you may want to buy spacers just in case. Sometimes the housing frame the metal part could be slightly larger than the hole in your wooden cabinet. Cool thing about the speakers they don't have foam they're basically corrugated and covered with a plastic material. Since I live in Florida phone tends to rot. My home stereo receiver is 700 W so that's about 100 W per channel. The speaker... » Read More I just purchased a pair of these for my home speaker system. I use them to replace a pioneer speakers they are designed for home use at 8 ohms. If you do use them to replace the speaker in a speaker enclosure you may want to buy spacers just in case. Sometimes the housing frame the metal part could be slightly larger than the hole in your wooden cabinet. Cool thing about the speakers they don't have foam they're basically corrugated and covered with a plastic material. Since I live in Florida phone tends to rot. My home stereo receiver is 700 W so that's about 100 W per channel. The speaker sound pretty decent. Hope this helps. « Show Less
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It really depends on how strong a low rumble you want. These are very powerful speakers, in my opinion, but I use the speakers for listening to music and not gaming, so I can't speak to that. They're sitting on my desk, right next to my monitor and when I have the sound turned up, even mid way, I can feel the air pumping out of the ports at the bottom of the speakers. I thought about getting a sub with them, but after using them for a couple of weeks, I determined that they do the job just as well without one for me.
334294
That's mainly what I bought them for and I think it would stick with no problem but I couldn't get past the strong chemical smell. I aired it outside for 3 weeks then just gave it away. I couldn't have it in the house at all. :(
1103211
Yes. It has a rubbery smell, but I didn't keep mine long enough to see if the smell dissipates over time.
1850891
Mine did have a slight rubber smell when I opened the package, but it disappeared after a week or so of usage. I can still smell it if I put my nose right up to it, but other than that it's not noticeable.
512789
There is a slight rubbery like smell. For me it didn't bother me or my husband. It is really hard to gauge as everybody's tolerance for smell is different. I've seen them sold at a Walmart store. That might be an option.