Loading speaker stands with?

This might re-inforce the idea, to wait on the stands, mess about with various heights straight or tilted back, temporary solutions, then after you get a preference find stands that fit.

https://forum.audiogon.com/discussions/seating-speaker-height

We did that with the height of our TV, I’m 6’, Donna is 5’, so we propped it up on piles of books to find the height that was good for our necks, reflections, and low enough that I was looking thru the correct portion of my progressive lenses without needing to raise or lower my head.

Then I built a riser, out of matching wood, and got a center channel that fit below the TV.

You will have them a long time, especially if you get the best out of them in your space, it’s worth the time and effort

I’m Proud of that cabinet, it started Tall, for a big CRT, with receding doors up top, hinged doors below, kind of like this

New Flat TV time, hmmm, I could use the lower portion, take the upper part off (it was two sections delivered, then joined).

But, I was going to need a new top? Marble, Interesting Opaque Glass, Matching Cherry Wood?

My son says, why don’t you use the top of the upper cabinet as the top of the lower cabinet? Never occurred to me.

Great idea, and I ended up with lots of matching cherry from the upper section, (solid wood, not veneer).

So, base unit, I took the hinged doors off, built two drawers, put the upper top on the base unit, and built the riser as mentioned above. Glass shelf on the riser for the TV.

Sand.  It's plenty dense enough, no need for lead.  Just make sure it's dried out first.

Lead shot is my preference.  Sand will absorb moisture over time and clump unless it's well dried first and sealed into the stand.

@cooperdude6 

I recently got some skylan stands for harbeth.  The owner said metal shot and sand were too heavy and would effect the sound.  Sand seems like a mess waiting to happen also.  He suggested wood pellets used for smokers.  I already had those so was simple.  He also said to not fill the legs completely, again to not add too much mass.  I don’t understand why nor did I try to but maybe check with your stand and speaker mfg.