Sand filling Premier S-series speaker stand, How?

Thanks Ed for your info. I'll take a look at the micro bearing. Do you know where people usually get the sand or lead shot from? Home Depot??

My dealer isn't exactly quick in answering my questions, very frustrating. I appreciate your help!

Hi again Uwloian, Yes, any Home Depot, Lowes, and even hardware stores carry sand. Playbox sand is very good because it usually has been washed (less dust).

The best coated lead shot that I know of can be purchased at a local dive shop. Coated shot is often used in ballast bags. It is simply a wax coating applied over the actual lead shot in order to avoid direct skin contact. Lead is nasty stuff.

Also, you may want to consider circumventing your dealer completely and contacting Paradigm directly. Ask to speak with one of the design engineers or a tech consultant regarding usage of stand fillers. After purchasing my speakers, I contacted Energy directly and spoke with an extremely insightful engineer. Not only did he suggest what substance to use, but he also suggested how much to actually fill the stands.

I used tall kitchen garbage bags to act as a "bladder".

Best of luck, Ed.

I hate sand. Lead shot is much less messy and won't leak out of any cracks-no bags needed. Try K-mart or a gun store.

Unless you really need the extra weight (e.g., for stability, perlite is as good or better than either sand or lead for damping vibrations and it weighs a _lot_ less. During a recent move I removed the sand in my Vienna Acoustics Mozarts and replaced it with perlite. Big improvement!