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hi everyone i am bit confused about which keyboard stand is safe to hold my kronos
I've seen Hercules stands, out of which liked the
HERCULES TravLite Keyboard Stand KS118B
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its easy to carry since it is foldable

pls let me know your suggestions or should i go for
Hercules, Keyboard Stand, Double 'X' Type KS120B to be more on the safer side since it is double braced

waiting to hear from u all

I'd say to always go with double braced. You might one day have a heavier keyboard.

I honestly don't like X stands at all anymore because they always jiggle. Easy to transport though and the K61 isn't that heavy.

Myself, I always found that A Frames bounced and I prefer the smaller footprint of the x stands. It's all a matter of personal taste though.

I use On Stage Stands Dual Tier stands. These are extremely sturdy and I have never had any problems. It's foldable although not as compact as some other stands.

X-Frames don't seem stable to me, they make me nervous having expensive gear on them.

I've been using X stands since the early 90's and have never had a problem with them. I do recommend getting a very good one. I used to use the Ultimate Support I.Q. 3000 but even though my first one with 2 tiers still works I bough a newer one and the quality just wasn't the same. I now use a 3 tier Quiklok and love it. The small footprint works for me and I have a pedal board that I built that locks onto the feet so nothing moves. Live, I play standing up but in rehearsal and in my studio I play sitting down. I use the Quiklok in my studio and the Ultimate Support live.

Hi everyone - newbie here!
Just bought a Kronos2 61 to go with my RD700nx Piano. I use the K&M Spider Pro for my boards live - they are rock steady, and both tiers can take the weight of some mightily heavy boards. I've gigged with on for a couple of years now and swear by them.

Hope this helps.

I used to use X-stands in the beginning. I would recommand a double cross when you have a heavieri keyboard or use two keyboards.
Advantage: easy to setup, normally cheap to add a 2nd keyboard
Disadvantage: a big MIDI foot controller does not fit, mostly the distance / angle flexibility have limitations

After that I moved to a H-stand (table type).
Advantages: easy to setup
Disadvantage: normally for sitting positions, mine was just a bit too low. Also less flexibility in distance/angle.

Than I moved to an A stand.
Advantage: looks cool, everything is adjustable (height, number of synths, angle), can be detachable into small parts
Disadvantages: the angle can be adjusted, but is not 100% stable (good enough for me), the width of the keyboards are limited (width of the stand defines the max width of the synth), time-consuming to detach (and if not detached it is big, doesn't fit in my car).

I never considered a spider stand, since my MIDI pedalboard would not fit (like X-stands).

I use an old Ultimate stand with longer bars for the Kronos (the current ones are called Apex series). I still think they are the best looking stands, good hight for standing position and easy to set up and after folding it is just a one big bar. There are versions that have mic stand build in.

The only disadvantage are the bars on the ground leaving no room for your pedals. I have placed my sustain pedal under an angle to solve the problem. This works fine, but when your are using a lot of pedals, it might not be suitable.

postman wrote:I use an old Ultimate stand with longer bars for the Kronos (the current ones are called Apex series). I still think they are the best looking stands, good hight for standing position and easy to set up and after folding it is just a one big bar. There are versions that have mic stand build in.

The only disadvantage are the bars on the ground leaving no room for your pedals. I have placed my sustain pedal under an angle to solve the problem. This works fine, but when your are using a lot of pedals, it might not be suitable.

That's why I got the Spider Pro. It's a column stand like the Ultimate, but because it sits on 4 legs there's room for pedals

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