Home theater with Child at home ?????

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Hey guys

I have a 10 month old child and he is close to knocking down Down the speakers and is constantly hitting the buttons and knobs on the receiver, cable box, etc. So I need some advice from others who have children

1. Equipment rack
Is there an equipment storage solution that has WAF and is child proof so the kid cannot access the boxes? I use a logitech remote so it needs line of sight, but maybe that works behind glass doors?

2. Speakers
My speakers are a 12 years old and wife hates the box design. So I was thinking of getting some new home theater speakers. I am looking at orb audio mod4. The combo living/dining room is 40m2. The orbs are small, but have great reviews and supposedly generate enough volume. They have high WAF and can mount on walls and ceiling. Does anyone have experience with them? Would you recommend them?

Thanks!!

 

[Anonymous]

Hi what budget do you have what size is your room what amp will you be using and whats your prefernces to listening Allan @ Ideal AV

 

[Anonymous]

The question is "How far do you go?". In my opinion bearing in mind that I also have a 9 month old baby who is like lightning and needs constant supervision as well as having a wife that is a fully qualified childminder with a house full of kids I would say it comes down to learning babies and indeed children not to touch.As with children told not to go near fires the same should be made with your speakers. Baby has his/her own toys, Daddy has his. Children have to learn not to touch. This I would say is working successfully for me and has worked for us in the past. This is only my opinion but before you get rid of all your gear it might be worth having a go.

 

[sta99y]

hi I have Kef Eggs which are wall mounted at 1metre high at front and 2metres high at the rear. I use a solid oak cabinet to house all my gear. search my name or my 1st attempt at home cinema. my little lad is 2 1/2 now and he knows not to touch but when he was crawling he had no idea where all the gear was. hope you choose well

 

[Tom Moreno]

I have a 16 month old and a 3 month old. I used to have bookshelf speakers mounted on stands and an open rack and this was just a recipe for disaster. The vast extent of my "upgrades" over the last year have been to safeguard my system against little person intervention. Firstly I bought a BDI Cirrus AV rack and can't praise it enough. A lovely piece of furniture, solidly constructed throughout and thoughtfully designed for cable management and heat dissipation.

Then I replaced my standmount speakers with Monitor Audio RX6's that the wife is very happy with. The centre of gravity is very low on the floorstanders and there's no question of the little'un knocking it over accidentally (unlike the standmounters). Then the rest of the surround set was completed with wall-hanging surround speakers (MA BXFX). Now the system is child-proof and all I need to do is regularly clean finger prints off the bottom of the telly.

 

[Cookie Monster]

Our little man has been using the Blu-Ray player since he could crawl. Had involved him in changing discs and getting them out of cases. Then pressing 'Play' etc. He is 3 now and very good with all my kit. Sometimes he runs at the TV though or tries to drive cars up the screen. Huge 'Pixar Cars' fan too, got him 'Maters Tales' on import BD for Christmas. He is now engaged and invloved with all my kit.

Now if he would just let me watch something i want to watch!!

 

[fayeanddavid]

The question is "How far do you go?". In my opinion bearing in mind that I also have a 9 month old baby who is like lightning and needs constant supervision as well as having a wife that is a fully qualified childminder with a house full of kids I would say it comes down to learning babies and indeed children not to touch.As with children told not to go near fires the same should be made with your speakers. Baby has his/her own toys, Daddy has his. Children have to learn not to touch. This I would say is working successfully for me and has worked for us in the past. This is only my opinion but before you get rid of all your gear it might be worth having a go.

Tartan Man

Spot on

Our youngest is now coming up for 3 in a few months, it has never been a problem, sure we had to ensure that she understood and take some measures to make access to said speakers/tv/amp/bpd etc difficult.

There is nothing wrong with educating children that is definitely off side to touch certain objects in the house, we do it with ovens,sharp objects, hot food, stairs etc so why not hi fi

Does need to be enforced though, and you do need to be consistent with the message

Good luck

 

[davejberry]

Cage in a shed at the bottom of the garden worked for me when I wasn't there to supervise!