Slingshot, I feel for you Bro. While I am not one of the married brotherhood, I have a friend with a wife and a three year old son who's gone through exactly what you're about to experience.
He started assembling a home theater system about two years ago and had to address the appearance [wife acceptance] factor and all the child safety issues. His DVD player, AV receiver and TV are all centrally located behind the doors of a large media cabinet. The cabinet has bookshelves on both sides of the TV section so he can put his two front main and center channel speakers high up, and out of reach of his little boy. His surrounds are wall mounted. The only piece exposed is the subwoofer, which his son just loves to jump up and down on.
Initially, he purchased a unit from IKEA, but returned it because build quality and sturdiness were sub par. He eventually settled on a nicer system from a department store. Something that looks more like traditional living room furniture, which rates high on the wife acceptance scale.
I realize a bookcase is not the best acoustic environment for monitors. I have mine wall mounted for home theater using Target wall brackets. If your child were able to tip over a large floor standing speaker, that could potentially be worse than knocking over monitors on stands.
You may have to sacrifice sonics for safety. Hopefully for your sake, other forum members will be able to offer better solutions than I have.
Good luck.
He started assembling a home theater system about two years ago and had to address the appearance [wife acceptance] factor and all the child safety issues. His DVD player, AV receiver and TV are all centrally located behind the doors of a large media cabinet. The cabinet has bookshelves on both sides of the TV section so he can put his two front main and center channel speakers high up, and out of reach of his little boy. His surrounds are wall mounted. The only piece exposed is the subwoofer, which his son just loves to jump up and down on.
Initially, he purchased a unit from IKEA, but returned it because build quality and sturdiness were sub par. He eventually settled on a nicer system from a department store. Something that looks more like traditional living room furniture, which rates high on the wife acceptance scale.
I realize a bookcase is not the best acoustic environment for monitors. I have mine wall mounted for home theater using Target wall brackets. If your child were able to tip over a large floor standing speaker, that could potentially be worse than knocking over monitors on stands.
You may have to sacrifice sonics for safety. Hopefully for your sake, other forum members will be able to offer better solutions than I have.
Good luck.