filled or non filled speaker stands?

[philv]

HI,

have my audionote an`k speaker stands up for sale.
Part of the reason is they are very heavy as they are filled.
Insanely heavy.

I was thinking maybe ti keep them and remove the filler.

Is it better to have them filled or unfilled?

Thanks

[Yomanze]

It depends.

Some speakers like lighter loading, others like to be sat on some mass. For example: Royds like open frames (or open tubes like the Something Solid SL24), yet ProAcs like Partington Dreadnoughts.

[Len Co]

Can you not just remove the filler and try them? Or is that too much hassle, or irreversible..

[philv]

Can you not just remove the filler and try them? Or is that too much hassle, or irreversible..

They are rediculoosly heavy.
Must be filed with gold.
A bit of a pain to experiment.