Is this a crappy Memorial Day Weekend or what?🌧
Loading speaker stands with?
Rehashing a common question, with a uncommon choice: I will be getting stand mounted speakers soon for a new listening room in my next house. I have always had floor standing speakers, but this room is small so smaller monitors just make sense. Obviously I will have them on stands. The question is do people load their speaker stands with dry sand or shot (or similar heavy dense materials) to stop resonance or to create weight for stability? I know the answer may be for both, but has anyone tried using foam packing peanuts jammed into the legs of the stand, and what were the results? I would guess it would soften any resonance from the metal legs, without creating a heavy, immovable tsand. Thanks for any feedback.
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@thecarpathian "...I pay $40 a ton for that stuff." Big speaker stands? Or a lot left over. |
@ghdprentice , I believe thecarpathian changes his regularly, you know, like an oil change.. and yes, @thecarpathian it is a good weekend catching up on my beer drinking... indoors.. |
@cooperdude6 - I just had this conversation with AI and the top answers were dry silica sand, S-110 steel shot, a mixture of the two, or manufactured metal aggregates (zinc-coated steel micro-discs, or atabites). AI suggested filling the stand legs from about one-quarter to one-half full, depending on the material used. The density of these materials provides stability and lowers the center of gravity, and the small sized particles help damp vibrations by turning kinetic energy into heat. Of course the density of the metal materials is about 2.5 to 3x the density of the sand. |
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