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professorhat:Pike900fish:Atabites are too expensive IMO. Yeah, but a lot easier to clean up when you need to take them out!
More than likely when you're first filling them, you'll want to experiment with how much you fill them with. At some point therefore, you'll probably put too much in and will want to remove a little as it sounds better.
Sorry and excuse my ignorance on this one. I didn't realise you add enough sand to taste or to tune to ones own liking. See, I thought the whole point was to make the stand as solid as possible. When I flick my stands they "ping" due to being hollow which i guess would cause them to vibrate thus degrading the sound? By filling them completely shouldn't this make them as vibration free (or sound resonating) as possible?
I have both a radiator and metal gas fire in my listening room and for serious listening I cover these with old sheeting to reduce any reflecting the sound. (I MUST STATE, WHEN I COVER THESE HEATING APPLIANCES THEY ARE NOT ON!!!)
Can't argue on the physics of it, all I know is, I only filled mine to just over 3/4s full as, when they were full, they didn't sound as good. Hence why I had to take some out.