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Wow!

You've taken the time to listen to your stands with sand, silica, shot, and sand/shot mixture? Quite an effort.

Since you've taken the time, let me ask you for a recommendation. I currently have my stands filled with lead shot. I think that each stand alone without shot weighs in at about 15-20 pounds and the lead shot per stand adds another 75 pounds, so the end result is a stand that weighs about 90-95 pounds. I'm not unhappy with the way the stands sound, but they are difficult to move. I'm going to be moving them to a new house and will have to carry them up 3 flights of stairs, so I'm not looking forward to the activity.

If you were in a similar situation and knowing what you know now about how the different filllings affect sound, what would you do? Leave the lead in the stands and move them hoping you don't throw out your back? Or, emtpy the stands and refill them? (If I empty the lead I then have to figure out how to dispose of the lead.)

Thanks for any thoughts.

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