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Noel from Skylan says 25 lbs of rice is the way to go for the hL5+ speakers. I will probably do that since that costs about $8 from Sam's club. Funny, you mentioned vacuum, after I spilled the lead shot I did a final cleanup with a vacuum. Unfortunately, the shot was too heavy to make it all the way to the vacuum cleaner bag, so it now resides somewhere in the vacuum housing. Every time I tun the vacuum on it sounds like a popcorn machine.
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Noel from Skylan says 25 lbs of rice is the way to go for the hL5+ speakers. I will probably do that since that costs about $8 from Sam's club. Funny, you mentioned vacuum, after I spilled the lead shot I did a final cleanup with a vacuum. Unfortunately, the shot was too heavy to make it all the way to the vacuum cleaner bag, so it now resides somewhere in the vacuum housing. Every time I tun the vacuum on it sounds like a popcorn machine.
And spraying lead dust out the vent every time you turn it on. I think I would chuck it and get a new vacuum.The Gear... Carver "Statement" Mono-blocks, Mcintosh C2300 Arcam AVR20, Oppo UDP-203 4K Blu-ray player, Sony XBR70x850B 4k, Polk Audio Legend L800 with height modules, L400 Center Channel Polk audio AB800 "in-wall" surrounds. Marantz MM7025 stereo amp. Simaudio Moon 680d DSD
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Raw or cooked rice?
Wish I could have gone with $8, lead will probably plummet in price now that I bought some. -
You know, when I was a kid, I'd use my molars as pliers to crimp the lead weights to fasten them to the fishing line. I'm probably knocking on death's door about now!nooshinjohn wrote: »And spraying lead dust out the vent every time you turn it on. I think I would chuck it and get a new vacuum.
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The whole lead poisoning thing has been blown out of portion just like radon gas.
Noel told me to use kitty litter in my Skylan stands. Instead I used lead shot and sand, way more mass.Political Correctness'.........defined
"A doctrine fostered by a delusional, illogical minority and rabidly promoted by an unscrupulous mainstream media, which holds forth the proposition that it is entirely possible to pick up a t-u-r-d by the clean end."
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Let's not forget the dangers of rice. "Arsenic-laced rice products being reported in the news are not the result of breakfast cereals and baby foods being soaked in poison at the factory. Rather, various natural and man-made processes can cause the toxic element to accumulate in rice grains as they grow." ~thehuffingtonpost
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According to a post I saw on the Harbeth forum apparently some users had too much bass energy with sand, so Noel recommended kitty litter. However, some owners still reported too much bass energy. He experimented with some different materials on his Harbeth HL5s and came up with rice as an alternative to sand or kitty litter which he believe provided clearer sound and more articulate bass. His recommendation of rice was specific to the Harbeth HL5. I guess the type of fill that should be used depends on how much damping your speakers need.
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Hard to believe one can have too much bass with a speaker rated at 40 Hz +/-3 dB.Political Correctness'.........defined
"A doctrine fostered by a delusional, illogical minority and rabidly promoted by an unscrupulous mainstream media, which holds forth the proposition that it is entirely possible to pick up a t-u-r-d by the clean end."
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Hard to believe one can have too much bass with a speaker rated at 40 Hz +/-3 dB.
I didn't want to be the one to verbalize that, but, I agree. -
According to a post I saw on the Harbeth forum apparently some users had too much bass energy with sand, so Noel recommended kitty litter. However, some owners still reported too much bass energy. He experimented with some different materials on his Harbeth HL5s and came up with rice as an alternative to sand or kitty litter which he believe provided clearer sound and more articulate bass. His recommendation of rice was specific to the Harbeth HL5. I guess the type of fill that should be used depends on how much damping your speakers need.
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He tested with long grain rice. You want to avoid brown rice because that is oily and will go bad.
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Hard to believe one can have too much bass with a speaker rated at 40 Hz +/-3 dB.
Yea, I would't think bass quantity would be an issue with those specs. Here's the link where it was discussed in post 156:
http://www.harbeth.co.uk/usergroup/forum/subjective-soundings-your-views-on-audio/electronics-sources-stands-cables-accessories/stands-and-mounting-discussion/94-stands-for-your-harbeths/page11
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tmallin's comments are a laugh, reminds me of candyliquor.Political Correctness'.........defined
"A doctrine fostered by a delusional, illogical minority and rabidly promoted by an unscrupulous mainstream media, which holds forth the proposition that it is entirely possible to pick up a t-u-r-d by the clean end."
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To paraphrase:I used to use Skylan stands, but find that Target barstools missing a foot pad each provides just the right amount of wobble give.I disabled signatures.
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I sense that the "pint of Guiness" was perhaps the reason for some of the findings.
