I just got the b&w sta v24 stands today and filled them all the way to the top with a bag of "play sand" from home depot. No leakage and not too messy or time consuming to fill them (in the driveway of course). it took me less than half an hour to assemble and fill the stands. I have them sitting flat on inch thick granite on carpet. It's easy to move the stands (with the speakers on them) this way, makes the stands more stable and looks good to. My speakers sound great set up this way and even when cranked to the max, there is zero vibration coming from anywhere on the stands. I'm in the camp where I don't really want anything in my room resonating except for my speakers themselves (speaker boxes not included) That's why I've reinforced the doors and the one window in my listening room. By the way, I think these b&w stands are absolutly great. I'll be buying another pair to use side by side for my center channel which should create a nice clean look, matching my front right and left stands :-)
Do I need to use filler in my speaker stands?
I ordered a pair of Skylan stands for my monitor speakers.
How important is it to fill the stand legs with fill material?
I'm mainly interested in improving imaging and transparency and getting the speakers to disappear.
The tonality I get now on on my monitors (not Harbeths) is about perfect to my ears on some little cheap Polywood tables I am using temporarily.
(Filling or un-filling stands with litter or sand is a really messy process and I'd like to avoid it unless if possible.)
Thanks in advance.
How important is it to fill the stand legs with fill material?
I'm mainly interested in improving imaging and transparency and getting the speakers to disappear.
The tonality I get now on on my monitors (not Harbeths) is about perfect to my ears on some little cheap Polywood tables I am using temporarily.
(Filling or un-filling stands with litter or sand is a really messy process and I'd like to avoid it unless if possible.)
Thanks in advance.