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How much sand/shot to put in Dynaudio Con 1Stands?

Hi, I have Dynaudio Confidence 1's with the custom Dynaudio stands and I'm about to fill partway the stands with lead shot and/or play sand. How much lead shot/sand have you found works the best? Have you found any advantage of shot over sand or vice versa? Does putting just pure lead shot into the columns add any sonic quality of its own? Has any one had good results mixing shot with sand? Thanks. Laurence
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meiwan
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Two reasons to fill stands. 1. To tame resonance in the stand itself (since it's hollow). 2. to add weight to the stand.

Ideally, the stand should weigh the same or more than the speaker. Lead shot is great for weight, but is expensive and you could never lift the stand if filled with lead shot to the top.

I've found adding 1 bag of lead shot (about 25 lbs), then filling the rest with sand works great.
meiwan
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Good point about the lead. Maybe not such a good idea any more.

I like to fill to the top to avoid resonance. Lately I just use play sand only as it gives enough weight (I use stands with big fat legs). I like Brf's method also. As always, your results may vary....
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