Stabilising Floorstanding Speakers on the Floor (Childproofing Question)

[james.miller]

I only have q acoustic 1030s however my son has placed at least 2 toys (that we know of) in the bass hole. Strangle my daughter never did this but it's something to watch out for, I've on occasion seen him put his arm all the way in. For reference the internet says mine are 930mm tall and weigh 16kg, however the large plinth does make them more stable. In my experience, I'd be more worried about kids thinking the TV is a touch screen.

Yeah i have a pair of 1030i's and that damn port is just the right height for a young toddler. I've told the youngest one more than once to get his arm out of my speaker

 

[Martynt74]

There used to be a product called Soundbytes (IIRC) made by Atacama.

Not much to add to the thread but i think they were called Atabites

 

[413x]

My floor standers would absolutely be knocked over by a child.
And if they did could cause some serious damage to the child.
Cant think of anything that would stabilise them short of screwing to the floor.

RX6 is what I have

 

[jpaul]

SOMEWHAT RELATED - SPIKES ON WOODEN FLOORS

for wooden living room floors - I am currently not using the spikes on ku-stone stands, but I know that has been colouring the sound,
so has anyone purchased spike protectors ?

carbon-fiber looks gimmicky, some of the stainless pad's have a rubber(sorbothane?) backing too - alibaba has some suggestions below

 

[tom_nieto]

SOMEWHAT RELATED - SPIKES ON WOODEN FLOORS

for wooden living room floors - I am currently not using the spikes on ku-stone stands, but I know that has been colouring the sound,
so has anyone purchased spike protectors ?

carbon-fiber looks gimmicky, some of the stainless pad's have a rubber(sorbothane?) backing too - alibaba has some suggestions below

I used to use 2p coins, but upgraded to something similar to the left hand picture as they have a recess in them for stability. I’ve been told the sound quality is better with the old pound coins. The new design with two different metals colours the sound apparently.

 

[danza]

I'd just have some wider plinths made and fix them to the floor for now. It might not sound that bad and most of the energy from the drivers that goes into the cabinets will already be traveling through the floor if they're on spikes.

I had a pair of Dynaudio 72 SEs and these weren't mass-loadable, they got pushed over a couple of times. I now have a pair of Dynaudio Focus 110s on beefy stands with steel shot mass loading, and a toddler wouldn't be able to shove them over if they tried.

You wouldn't be able to mass-load your 783s either, as the side-firing woofers at the bottoms of the cabs would complain about it!