What to fill Skylan stands with for Harbeth SHL5s

I believe that Noel at Skylan recommends clay kitty litter. Try calling him and asking; he's a great guy and easy to deal with.

Why is kitty litter "ridiculous?"

I used a combination of lead shot and playground sand in my Target stands, and secured my Dyn. 1.3SE's with the Elmer's version of blue-tak. It worked great.... a very heavy and secure way to set up monitors. I've since moved on to floorstanders, but would use this same set up if/when I go back to monitors some day.

Speaking of monitors.... How do you like your Super HL5's, and what are you driving them with (amp & pre)? I've always been intrigued by them.

Excellent question, I just finished my own 4-pillar stands very similar to Skylans, except my posts are 3" round instead of square pvc and 26" high.

I'm filling mine with #9 Lead Shot on the very bottoms, (about 15-20%) then finishing with Silica Sand (to approx. 70% height of the posts) to prevent top heaviness.

Someone in the industry who I respect a great deal, but don't have permission to quote so I won't use his name, thinks very highly of Star Sound Technologies' Micro-Bearing conductive steel. Someone other than the folks at Star Sound, I should add!

http://www.starsoundtechnologies.com/micro.html/

I speculate that a poor man's alternative might be uncoated small-grain aquarium gravel (some aquarium gravels have a plastic coating, which I think would go counter to the philosophy of the Star Sound steel fill).

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