Best stands so baby doesn't knock speaker over

dtx, there is no such thing as a sturdy stand for bookshelf /monitor type speakers. They have to be at ear level and people want them aesthetically pleasing. The weight is up high which makes them easy to tip over. The only safe solution is to screw or bolt them down which is relatively easy to do. 

As for kicking out the woofer I suspect that would be hard to do with the speaker up on a stand. Keep the grills on. Ignorance is bliss. 

@oldhvymec,

I kicked the woofers out. Sounded so cool.
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Man oh man did we have different Dads.. I wouldn’t be typing this right now if I would had done that.. Really.. I would have wound up adopted to someone else for sure.. Not a bad idea come to think of it.. If I would have survived. Kicked out a speaker.. OR a hole in a wall, IT NEVER happened..




Your words struck a chord.

My experiences ran along very similar paths.

Many people back then, in the 60s and 70s were living under different kinds of financial pressure.

We were barely even allowed into my dad’s room where he kept his stuff.

If we had kicked out his speakers...
I might not be writing this now.

In this instance, some kind of wall bracket, like I used to have with my Rega bookshelves, might be the way to go.

There might be some necessary sacrifices involved such as drilling holes into cabinets, ouch!

Luckily the template and screws Rega provided worked out quite well and the speakers survived relatively unscathed for many years.

OP: If you have the space, maybe get a credenza that fits your space, a pair of isolation stands (e.g. IsoAcoustics Aperta 300), and call it a day.

If you cannot do that, look for stands with a wide and sturdy base, and where the columns can be filled with sand or kitty litter. Second, use something like blu-tak to stick the speakers to the top of the stands. Third, see if you can put small ottomans right behind the speaker stands so they can provide support if the baby tries to use the stands to practice standing up.

By the way, no speaker or audio component has ever replicated the joy of seeing my baby stand up on his own without any support from the parents. Enjoy the moment! It'll be gone before you know it :)

The other day, i was reaching for an album in my record storage and as I was moving back, momentarily lost my balance and shoved up against my left speaker! This nearly resulted in the speaker falling off the stand and doing God knows how much damage! To say my heart stopped would be about right!!!  There is no such thing as a speaker on a stand that cannot be knocked off unless it is an integral part of the stand! Lesson learned is to be as careful as possible around stand mount speakers, and I would think if you have a baby around, the stand mount speakers are a no no, period!