Re: What's the best option for filling speaker stands?
Originally Posted by
GirgleMirt
Hmmmm... Maybe it's just me but I doubt these will be child proof... The tubes are so tiny that even filled IMHO they'll tip over easily as there won't be much weight to them.
If you really want child-safe stands, you'll have to get much beefier stands... For example, and I'm not saying this because this is the ascend forum, but the Ascend 340SE stands... I have those filled with sand, and these will not move. You'd have trouble making them tip, over... You could have two children push on the stands, and it would not move.
The ones you've linked, filled or not filled imho they'll easily tip over. How much sand or shot could you put in? Really not that much...
I'm not expecting them to be completely childproof. I just want to make sure that the stands will not topple over simply from a slight nudge. The actual tubes are 2 inches thick and each stand has two of them. After doing more research it might be better yet if I fill them with lead shot. I would think doing that would add a significant amount of weight to the stands.
I actually was thinking about the pedestal stands that ascend offers but they are too low for me. My seating is simply too high. I wish they also made a 30 inch version of the pedestal stands.
Andrew
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