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Importance of Good Speaker Stands?

I have a pair of decent speaker stands for my Wharfedale pacific evo 8 bookshelf speakers. Stands sit on on hardwood floor with rounded spikes underneath the base. The speakers themselves sit ontop of vibrapods for some sound dampening.

My question is this: I can, but have not filled my stands with steel shots and/or sand like I've read many do. Will this result in a noticable improvement and if so what does it do to the sound? Also, any recomendations on fill material and where to get it?

Thanks.
dmloring

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clio09
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Instead of the Vibrapods try Herbie's big fat black dots between the stand and your speakers. Very economical with a generous trial period. As already suggested try filling the stands. How much to fill them and with what is the experimental part. I've had good experiences with a combination of kitty litter and fine lead shot (#8 I think). If I get to a point where I need to fill stands again, I would try the micro bearing fill sold by Star Sound Technologies.

http://herbiesaudiolab.home.att.net/spkrfeet.htm#cone
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