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DIY vs Market vs Common sense stands?
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The Dayton SSHM stands filled with mostly sand and some lead shot work pretty good for $90/pair.

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Alphason, Atacama, Target, Apollo, Soundstyle and probably more that I have forgotten over the years. I want black, they do white, I want round, they do square, I want square, they do oval, I want oval, they do hex, I want two feet five inches high, they do two feet six inches, I want a base seven inches by nine, they do them eight by ten...and on ...and on...

I have almost reached hifi nirvana with an exclusive custom built listening room (totally detached from main house) and have a choice of literally dozens of both old and new speakers and inputs. I have tried so many permutations during many years that I am now starting from the basic assumption which states that solid concrete pillars are the tops and anything else has to be seriously well researched to be any better. I am also looking at isolation platforms in detail and hope to have many read across material ideas to play around with...

Most of the higher end manufacturers of this type of product have budget ranges which are perfectly fine, and I do use store bought with no worries much of the time. This question is just that little bit in search of something else...or maybe not...maybe the answer is exactly as you suggest...why mess around with anything if you can buy the same for less than a decent piece of vinyl these days...and at the end of all that...your suggestion is just so simple...sand AND lead...goodness...never even considered that one so far...BRILLIANT...that should kill a few 'better than' debates...I must go find out how this star rating thing works and see if I can boost yours a bit. Many thanks.

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