Tried to watch a couple of the Mac Studio tear downs but the presenters were totally obnoxious but at least I got to see the location of the 3 antennas. A interesting detail discussed on the one of the Apple forums is they talk about the performance being improved if you turn the Studio upside down or set it on its side to better position these antennas. I am a ham radio operator this idea is really bogus. The Spigen stand raises the 3 antennas perhaps 1/2 and inch considering the frequencies we are talking about that is more then enough to get any improvement that might be had, which is not going to be much.
Here you can see the 3 antennas. top right, bottom sides left and right.
Size | Initial Resistance* (Pascals) | Average Synthetic Dust Weight Arrestance(%) |
10 PPI | 0.01 (2,49) | 38 |
25 PPI | 0.03 (7,46) | 63 |
45 PPI | 0.07 (17,41) | 80 |
60 PPI | 0.12 (29,84) | 82 |
Check out what I did with My Spigen up thread it seems to be working.After a year I flipped the MacStudio over. Wow! That’s some level of grime. We have a housekeeper twice a week and a robovac runs every morning. There is no visible dust anywhere in the room—except on the grill of this thing. WTF? And it’s deep in the little holes, too.
Just saw the notes about the Spigen stand: that will be here tomorrow. Hopefully that keeps it from getting worse. The machine runs so cool I’m not too worried about what’s in there already. But I would recommend using something on this machine.
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Holy crap!!! I bet the units at Apple do not look like this!After a year I flipped the MacStudio over. Wow! That’s some level of grime. We have a housekeeper twice a week and a robovac runs every morning. There is no visible dust anywhere in the room—except on the grill of this thing. WTF? And it’s deep in the little holes, too.
Just saw the notes about the Spigen stand: that will be here tomorrow. Hopefully that keeps it from getting worse. The machine runs so cool I’m not too worried about what’s in there already. But I would recommend using something on this machine.
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Just getting ready to set up my new Mac Studio and was wondering if there were any more thoughts on the Spigen vs. Hagibis stand, now that it's been out for a bit longer. Thanks to the group here. A very informative thread.
In my case, I've been using the Spigen for some time now and I would say it blocks 50% of the dust. The filter can't stop the thinner dust particles: they go through the holes and can easily reach the Studio's bottom grill. I know because when I wipe the grill with a black soft cloth I can clearly see a white layer of very fine dust adhered to it.Just getting ready to set up my new Mac Studio and was wondering if there were any more thoughts on the Spigen vs. Hagibis stand, now that it's been out for a bit longer. Thanks to the group here. A very informative thread.
Have you noticed any temperature increases since lowering the fan settingsMy Spigen still works a treat. I check it every month and although I get dust on the desk, there’s none in the filter. I also lowered the [M1] fan setting to 1100 so there’s less chance of gathering dust.
Have you noticed any temperature increases since lowering the fan settings
I just measured mine and it looks like it's right around 11mm tall.What is the height of the air-intake grill on the Mac Studio? My Studio is on order so I don't have one to measure. I'm going to get a sheet of open-cell foam to use as a filter and was wondering what the best thickness is for the foam ring that will surround the bottom intake grill on the Studio.