Child Damage Mitigation


Last week the wife and I brought a new baby home - our first - and it's been fun introducing her to the music we love. It dawned on me this morning that this child will be crawling before I know it and my lovely pair of Magnepan 3.7's might be sitting ducks. They're less agile than the cat, closer to the ground than the house plants, and more fragile than the couch. As I've calculated I've got approximately 6 months to find a way to prevent any child-induced damage so your input is greatly appreciated. What can I learn from the grand wisdom of AG about how to keep the kid away from the speakers? 
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Showing 1 response by pictaker5

Congrats!

Audio is fun. Baby's and toddlers are even more fun... that is unless you're spending your time blocking and tackling so they don't destroy your gear.

As soon as my first child started to pull herself up from crawling to standing, my Maggies became her go to spot, especially because they magically make sound and play "wheels on the bus." Child barriers never worked, they just bumped up on the equipment. Shocking the baby and squirting her with water never worked either.

My advice and this is what I did, get some sturdy speakers in there that will do the job for a few years. My go to was a pair of Vandersteen 2Ce Sigs that I had in storage. When your last baby turns 5 bring back the Maggies. In fact, maybe get even bigger Maggies, with more amplification, and a better source too, after all you had to sacrifice so much for 5 years.

Enjoy!