HT and Children

[quicksilver9365]

So for those of you not fortunate enough to have a dedicated HT room what are you using to protect your precious equipment from your precious children? As you can see in my gallery I have my equipment in an open glas unit stand. Now as my 11 month old daughter is travelling much better I find her going for the HT stuff more and more.

I have been looking for a decent stand unit that is made of wood, fits in a corner, has shelves and doors, has a mount post for my Pioneer and is not $2000. I think I may be on Mission Impossible. What do you guys use or do to prevent little hands all over your precious HT stuff?

Thanks

[roar]

A spray bottle? No no no, that's for the cats! Honestly as long as any small parts are up and out of the way I think a little bit of guidance will keep her a way. As long as you are in the room with her while she is moving around I'd work with her to not touch rather than hide away all your stuff as your setup looks great. That worked fine for us and our girls with the guitars I have around the main level of the house. The theatre on the other hand was designed to keep little hands away, worst they did was lunge for the screen but I've got a dedicated space there so a different ball of wax.

At 5 and 7 years old they pretty much stay out of trouble now. They are actually out of town visiting family in Nova Scotia and complaining about the lack of nice weather and not getting to the beach enough.

[Villiam Hayes]

I am simply teaching my daughter(2 next month)not to touch,I tell her "those are your toys in the corner and these are daddy's toys"

[ZoetMB]

And by the way: even if you don't care about your own hearing, don't blast the thing with kids in the room. You don't want to destroy their high-end hearing. Remember that kids can hear frequencies that you can no longer hear - most young kids have great response and threshold through 22KHz and sometimes even higher.

At 85db (A-weighted), which is the sound of loud street traffic at five foot distance, hearing damage can result after 8 hours of continuous listening. (OSHA allows 16 hours at this level.)

At 90db, it drops to about 2.5 hours. (OSHA allows 8 hours at this level.)

At 100db, listening beyond 15 minutes can damage hearing. (OHSA allows 2 hours at this level.)

At 115db (loud rock on stage), your hearing can be permanently damaged in just 28 seconds!! (OSHA allows 13 minutes at this level.)

Hearing loss is not a joke. An incredible percentage of high school/college kids now experience substantial hearing loss due to loud rock concerts/clubs and MP3 headphone listening that places their hearing at the equivalent of a 55-year-old.

[Cevolution]

What am I doing to prevent it, simple, I'm not having any.

[roar]

Originally Posted by Cevolution

What am I doing to prevent it, simple, I'm not having any.

Ya... that'll do it

[Abaddon22]

Luckily my kids are old enough to understand that touching my electronics equals pain lol. My nephew on the other hand, I have my sister pinch him everytime he goes near my speakers-last time he drove a pencil through one

[Villiam Hayes]

Originally Posted by Cevolution

What am I doing to prevent it, simple, I'm not having any.

And you will have a lot more money to spend on it,that's for sure.

[Villiam Hayes]

Originally Posted by 240C

Luckily my kids are old enough to understand that touching my electronics equals pain lol. My nephew on the other hand, I have my sister pinch him everytime he goes near my speakers-last time he drove a pencil through one

She didn't pinch him half hard enough!

[Fors*]

Originally Posted by quicksilver9365

So for those of you not fortunate enough to have a dedicated HT room what are you using to protect your precious equipment from your precious children? As you can see in my gallery I have my equipment in an open glas unit stand. Now as my 11 month old daughter is travelling much better I find her going for the HT stuff more and more.

I have been looking for a decent stand unit that is made of wood, fits in a corner, has shelves and doors, has a mount post for my Pioneer and is not $2000. I think I may be on Mission Impossible. What do you guys use or do to prevent little hands all over your precious HT stuff?

Thanks

I have an open glass stand as well. My daughter was 4 when I started this hobby and my son was on the way. My daughter is 7 now and my son is 3. To be honest, I simply monitored them and their whereabouts ALL the time. There is an area rug in my basement, where it ends is as close as they are allowed to get to the equipment/speakers/TV. After countless times of watching them secretly and then pouncing on them to "Stay away" or "too close" they both eventually understood how close they are allowed to get now. When I 'pounced" I did become everbearing and loud to make my point that daddy means business. They were always startled and taken back, but this was the quickest way for me to make my point, and it eventually worked. Every once in a while I would see a hand mark on the TV or on top of the black piano glass top of my center speaker, but it I knew they wouldn't be perfect.

Good luck and my suggestion is to stay on top of the kids as much as you can......and be consistent. My kids now tell their friends they are getting to close when they travel too close to the TV stand....and that always puts a smile on my face.