Updated stand with device
Apollo Twin X stand
Universal Audio Apollo Twin X Gen 2
€39
Includes VAT where applicable. €4.26 postage, free over €60.
A 16° desk wedge for the Apollo Twin X. Two printed side panels and a printed cross-frame, bolted with four M4 screws, carrying the interface on continuous cushioned rails rather than on four located pads.
Compatibility
Designed from the measured dimensions of: Apollo Twin X Gen 2 (160.3 × 148.8 × 66 mm, 1.07 kg)
Not designed for: Apollo Solo · Apollo x4, x6, x8 and other rack units · Apollo Twin MkII and earlier Twin enclosures
If it does not fit, we refund the stand and your return postage.
16.0° incline · 146 mm across the panels · 120 mm between rail centres
Three reasons a wedge is worth the desk space
- You can see the screen without leaning
- A flat machine on a desk points its display at your chest. Tilting it puts the screen normal to your eyeline from a seated position, which is the difference between glancing at a parameter and stopping to read it.
- Your wrist stops bending backwards
- Playing pads on a flat desk holds the wrist in extension for the length of a session. Raising the front edge and angling the deck lets the hand sit closer to neutral, the way a sloped keyboard does.
- The cables stop fighting the desk
- Lifting the rear off the surface gives every rear connector a straight run instead of a sharp bend at the socket, and puts air under a machine that is otherwise sitting in its own heat.
Measurements and load path
Drawn from the published enclosure dimensions of the Apollo Twin X Gen 2. No underside photograph has been read for this device — the stand does not need one, because it bears on continuous rails the whole length of the unit rather than on pads placed under specific feet.
- Incline
- 16.0°
- Rail centres
- 120 mm
- Outside width
- 146 mm
- Front stop
- 12 mm above rail
- Panel thickness
- 26 mm
- Rail cushion
- 24 × 147.8 × 2 mm
- Desk grip strips
- 1 mm
- Printed parts
- 3
Where the weight lands
Continuous 26 mm printed rails run the full 148.8 mm depth of the unit, so the Apollo is supported along its whole length instead of at four points. The front and rear support positions do not depend on where the rubber feet happen to sit.
What the stand does not cover
The rear panel is open. Nothing on the stand reaches back over the Thunderbolt, ADAT or line outputs, and the 16° incline lifts the rear rather than dropping it.
In the box
- 1×Left side panel, printed and finished
- 1×Right side panel, printed and finished
- 1×Printed X cross-frame
- 4×M4 × 35 socket-head screws
- 4×M4 nuts
- 4×M4 washers (9 mm outside diameter, 0.8 mm)
- 2×Protective rail cushions, 24 × 147.8 × 2 mm
- 2×Front stop bumpers
- 2×Desk grip strips, 1 mm
Device not included. The Universal Audio Apollo Twin X Gen 2 in the photographs is a CAD reconstruction.
Assembly
- 1Lay the two side panels inside-face up. They are handed — the joint mortises face each other.
- 2Drop an M4 nut into the captive slot beside each of the four joints. The slot holds it; you never need to hold a nut with pliers.
- 3Slide the four tongues of the cross-frame into the panel mortises. 14 mm of engagement, 0.25 mm clearance a side — it should push home by hand.
- 4Fit a washer and an M4 × 35 screw into each recess and tighten evenly. The heads sit 5 mm below the panel face.
- 5Peel the two rail cushions and lay one along the top of each rail, front edge flush.
- 6Stick a stop bumper to the inside face of each front stop.
- 7Turn the stand over, apply a desk grip strip to the underside of each panel, and set it down.
Specification
- Device envelope
- 160.3 × 148.8 × 66 mm
- Device mass
- 1.07 kg
- Stand incline
- 16.000°
- Structural parts
- 3, printed
- Fasteners
- Standard M4, supplied
- Finish
- Stone-flecked paint, hand-applied
- CAD revision
- P05 (apollo-twin-x-gen2-p05)
- Device included
- No
Shipping and returns
Stands ship flat-packed with the hardware and cushions in the same box. Assembly takes about five minutes and needs one hex key.
You have fourteen days from delivery to change your mind, for any reason, and we pay return postage if the stand does not fit your machine. That promise is the risk reversal for a product whose only real objection is fit — and it is the reason the list above is honest.
Common questions
- Why 16° when everyone else does 30 or 45?
- The Apollo is an interface you reach over, not a surface you play. Past about 20° the top-panel knobs move away from your hand and the unit starts to want to slide. 16° puts the front panel legible without pushing the box up your desk.
- Will it slide when I turn the monitor knob?
- There are 1 mm grip strips under both panels and a 12 mm stop across the front. The stop is the part carrying that load, not friction.
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Apollo Twin X stand
€39