Triangle S02 white lacquered (pack of 2)

Placed on a low cabinet, a bookshelf speaker directs its treble towards your knees and transmits its vibrations to the surface supporting it. This stand raises it to ear level, isolates it from the floor with adjustable spikes and hides the cables inside one of its two tubes. Its understated lines, in black or white, blend into a living room, giving you the freedom to position your speakers.

The tweeter at ear level

Without its spikes, the S02 measures 596 mm. Topped with a typical bookshelf speaker, it positions the tweeter around 90 cm above the floor, roughly the ear height of someone sitting on a sofa. There is an acoustic reason for this height: treble travels in a much narrower beam than bass and midrange, and a tweeter aimed at the torso robs the soundstage of precision and airiness. Moving the speaker off the cabinet also frees up its placement. You can bring it a few dozen centimetres away from the rear wall, move it away from corners that boost the bass and angle it slightly towards the listening position, something a shelf or sideboard rarely allows.

Two tubes, one of which hides the cables

The stand rests on a 230 × 270 mm base, connected to the 165 × 215 mm top plate by two vertical tubes. These tubes are not identical: the rear one has openings so that the speaker cable enters at the bottom and emerges beneath the plate, leaving no wire hanging along the stand. Viewed from the front, the S02 consists of just two straight lines. Each stand weighs 5 kg, a mass that lowers the centre of gravity of the assembly and makes the speaker difficult to knock over with an elbow. A heavy, rigid support also vibrates much less than a lightweight model, so it does not feed unwanted resonances back into the speaker it supports.

Adjustable spikes to isolate the speaker from the floor

Four spikes screw into the underside of each stand’s base. They reduce contact with the floor to four tiny points: vibrations generated by the movement of the speaker drivers dissipate into the floor rather than travelling through the structure, improving playback clarity. Each spike is height-adjustable and locks in place with a nut, allowing you to compensate for tiles or wooden flooring that are not perfectly level and eliminate any rocking. On carpet, the spikes pass through the fibres to rest on the floor slab. On hard or delicate flooring, the supplied spike cups sit beneath each spike to protect the surface. Positioning them on wooden flooring takes a little patience: the easiest method is to tilt the stand to slide them under the spikes one at a time, then level it as the final step.

Which speakers to place on the top plate

The 165 × 215 mm plate accommodates compact and medium-sized bookshelf speakers. In the Triangle catalogue, the S02 pairs with the Borea BR03 and BR04, the BR03 Connect, the Titus Ez from the Esprit Ez range and the AIO Twin active pair. With the latter, the speaker’s width exactly matches that of the plate (165 mm), while its depth extends 2 cm beyond it, a modest overhang relative to the footprint of the base. A speaker from another brand will fit provided its bottom rests securely on the plate, without extending several centimetres beyond the sides. The brand’s smaller speakers, such as the LN01A or BR02, pair with the more discreet S01 stand, while larger bookshelf speakers such as the Solstice 3 or Comète Ez pair with the S05.

Technical Specifications

Dimensions and Weight

• Overall dimensions (W × H × D): 230 × 596 × 270 mm
• Base: 230 × 270 mm
• Top plate: 165 × 215 mm
• Weight: 10 kg

Physical Features

• Integrated cable management
• Adjustable decoupling spikes