Finished my PVC Speaker stands! :3

[OpusOfTrolls]

If you really want to INSURE the safety of your monitors, you have a few options.

1) Drill holes into the bottom of the cabinent and secure it with bolts.
2) Use some type of tiedown that goes around the top of the cabinent.
3) GLUE the bottom to the stand. I don't recommend it for obvious reasons, but it works.

In any case, the stand is only as stable as the amount of weight applied to it. Having a large footprint for the base reduces the amount of leverage that force applied to the top of the stand will make. Also, sand is very good, you can also add lead into the sand for more mass. This is mainly acoustic, as the stand itself will still not be heavy enough to counter body weight (of all things). The PVC is resonant, but sand is very good at damping, so no worries about sympathetic vibration coloring the sound.

[ivebenrecording]

Yup! Sounds about right! I was gonna drill holes in it, 'cuz I gotta move 'em across California to school, and it'll be easier if I can take them apart. I'm also really excited about them because with these, I've got all the basics finished for my little studio! Can you elaborate a little on #2, though? The cabinet is the monitor itself, right? So you're saying I should tie down the monitor to the stand? That's probably not a horrible idea at all. I'll look into adding lead to my sand.

Thanks so much for the tips, though!

[OpusOfTrolls]

The tie downs I am referring to are the Ratcheting tie downs that are used to secure off road vehicles to their trailer, but they come in smaller sizes as well. For asthetics, this is not recommended, but the functionality is perfect.

You can find them at Home Repo or Blowes!!!

[ivebenrecording]

Hmmm... yeah. I can see where you're coming from. I probably won't end up doing it, cuz I really like my pretty things. xD

[alvagoldbook]

Pretty awesome little DIY project. I might do something like this myself.