Speaker Recommendations with Kids

[Space2013]

I currently have a surround setup with three RBH 515e LCR speakers in the front and two RBH 5 speakers in the rear. I love the front “mini-towers” on stands but we now have a kid and they are very top heavy on stands. I fear they will be knocked off the stands very easily and pose a risk to our kid once they start crawling and running.

Does anyone have recommendations for speakers that are a little more kid safe? Ideally a bookshelf speaker that isn’t as tall that I can anchor to a stand and maybe then anchor the stand somehow so it can’t tip? Or maybe I just go wall mounted speaker or soundbar.

 

[Trebdp83]

I’d anchor the kid before I’d go to a soundbar.

 

[Tankini]

Maybe get a home audio/video Entertainment center cabinet type. My youngest Son had that same issue. Got a cabinet type center put his speakers up ear leave, TV and center channel surround speaker he mounted on the wall. He had 3 lil munchies running around, throwing things all over as they do, fingerprints all over the T V screen.

 

[shadyJ]

Use subwoofers as speaker stands. Your kid is unlikely to topple a well-built sub.

 

[lovinthehd]

Use subwoofers as speaker stands. Your kid is unlikely to topple a well-built sub.

How about how much of a beating the sub driver can take? When I was four I punched a hole in one of my dad's large paper cone speakers....he went back to mono after that for a while.

 

[shadyJ]

How about how much of a beating the sub driver can take? When I was four I punched a hole in one of my dad's large paper cone speakers....he went back to mono after that for a while.

Down-firing subs for the win!

 

[lovinthehd]

Down-firing subs for the win!

Or the metal grills....

 

[Space2013]

No one is jumping on the soundbar bandwagon, which I didn’t want to do either, so that reinforces me going with speakers.

Unfortunately I don’t have room for subwoofers on both sides otherwise I would use them as speaker stands.

I could get bookshelf speakers that are wall mountable.

Do any companies make speakers that actually have anchors into speaker stands? Or do they all just sit on top of stands?

I do think I have to find a speaker that’s a bit shorter. The RBH 515e vertical MTM speakers are just very tippy. I’ll save them for when the kids are older.

 

[DigitalDawn]

Yes, all InRoom Triad speakers have a hole on the bottom designed to connect to the company's pedestals. The pedestals can be filled with play sand for increased stability. We often use cat litter for our clients because it's easier to source.

www.triadspeakers.com

 

[MrBoat]

Children grow up fast. I have been through two rounds of toddlers in this house and had to use some extra efforts to make it work. I turned my speakers drivers around toward the wall when not in use. If they would have been on stands, I would have set them on the floor and backwards against the wall when not in use. I used to put my speakers away completely, if other people's kids were going to be here for bday parties. Not everything worth doing needs to be permanently installed and convenient. There are ways to handle both.

 

[PaulJoseph]

I have a 2 year old. I purchased a pair of used bookshelves to put in the room he is in most often and is most active in. These are meant to be expendable should he get violent with them. Decoys for the more permanent speakers squirted away upstairs.

in my living room I built a gate/cage around the front stage. I think the sub is the most vulnerable. Down firing would have been a good choice.

 

[DigitalDawn]

I would go with In-Wall or On-Wall speakers. Triad has both and they will paint them to match your walls for free.

See the link below:

https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/6580194dfc1deea0c0f8ceab/6580ea0779ce0291453526fb_triad-bronze-lcrs-triad-data-sheet-rev-a.pdf

 

[j_garcia]

Blu-tack. The won't come off those stands.

 

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