Phil Bishop
16-11-2009, 09:31
Hi,
I have a couple of basic Apollo stands which I use for my AVI N5 speakers. A few months back, I had a mishap where my daughter (in her haste to turn the TV on) knocked one of my speakers off it's perch and on to the laminate floor :doh:
It is to the credit of the build quality of AVI gear that although there was a whopping dent in the floor, the speaker sustained only a minor chip and still works perfectly:)
Anyway, it got me thinking that I needed to do something about making my standmounts more secure. Having taken advice, I now use blobs of blu tak to fix the speakers to the stands which certainly improves things. However, I could do with increasing the stability of the stands themselves by making them more stable. They are hollow BUT (and this is the key issue) have quite wide diameter holes drilled top and bottom (in the tube) so one can pass cables down the inside of the tubes for tidiness.
With such stands, pouring lead shot or sand in will not work because it would just run out of the bottom hole. Anyone come across this issue and found a solution? Any advice much appreciated.
Thanks
Phil
I have a couple of basic Apollo stands which I use for my AVI N5 speakers. A few months back, I had a mishap where my daughter (in her haste to turn the TV on) knocked one of my speakers off it's perch and on to the laminate floor :doh:
It is to the credit of the build quality of AVI gear that although there was a whopping dent in the floor, the speaker sustained only a minor chip and still works perfectly:)
Anyway, it got me thinking that I needed to do something about making my standmounts more secure. Having taken advice, I now use blobs of blu tak to fix the speakers to the stands which certainly improves things. However, I could do with increasing the stability of the stands themselves by making them more stable. They are hollow BUT (and this is the key issue) have quite wide diameter holes drilled top and bottom (in the tube) so one can pass cables down the inside of the tubes for tidiness.
With such stands, pouring lead shot or sand in will not work because it would just run out of the bottom hole. Anyone come across this issue and found a solution? Any advice much appreciated.
Thanks
Phil