toddler/kid proof speaker stands

[vizion]

What 20-inch high speaker stands are just about topple proof ? The speaker dimensions are 24" tall x 11" wide x 9.25" deep. Speakers are wider than they are deeper. We have a toddler. Is there a way the speaker/stand can be secured so it won't topple and without screwing the stands to the speakers ? Will the regular 2-post Skylans be enough ?

[Ron E]

IMO, unfortunately, speakers on stands with young children in the house are an accident waiting to happen.

[SY]

A fence is the only solution. But there are lots of foldable plastic toddler fences available. They can be taken down for serious listening, unfolded and put up when you're not using your system.

What I want to know is how the parent of a toddler can find time to do hifi.

[wakibaki]

I don't think you're going to get anybody in a hurry to make a recommendation here.

I mean, imagine how they'd feel if a tragedy occurred and the speakers got damaged.

w

[MJL21193]

Nail 'em to the floor!

[chrisb]

Originally posted by MJL21193
Nail 'em to the floor!

I hope you don't mean the kids, John - just think of the bed-pan duty


toddler proof? - no such thing

This is definitely the case where a floorstander (with ballasted base compartment) has huge advantages over a pair of loose boxes on top of any type of stand.

[Hezz]

There is always the steel pole in a cement filled old tire trick.

[d to the g]

Originally posted by SY

What I want to know is how the parent of a toddler can find time to do hifi.

For me hifi has become my "alone" time between his bedtime and mine. That is after I've done all the chores I couldn't do because I was chasing after him. It usually comes to the chance to play one album, or at least one side.

[chrisb]

Originally posted by Hezz
There is always the steel pole in a cement filled old tire trick.

A stable stand is easy enough, but unless the speaker can be screwed to the top plate, which the original poster wants to avoid, it can still get knocked off very easily.

[Moondog55]

This may sound silly but wouldn't a simple heavy duty G-clamp ( suitably padded of course ) be enough to hold most speaker boxes tight ?? Put it underneath the stand base, pad the sides of the box with card and foam and tighten away!!