The thread concentrates on speaker isolation from floors.
I'd like to throw my two cents in as several tips from fellow members have been truly helpful.
First, I live in apt on the third floor. Let's be real. Those floors act like attenuators when I had my sub and speakers on the carpeted floors. Even without complaints, the boom was disturbing to me.
Starting with the sub, I put 3x3 horsestall mat blocks under the feet. Seemed to muddy the bass but removed some boom.
Put a hard plywood board under the sub the same footprint of the sub. Big difference. A lot less boom and more hit but eh.
SVS sub isolators made another large notable difference in tightening up bass. Still some boom but mostly when loud. Like 60-70db.
Using that experience, I did the same with my towers. I bought some antivibration pads from Supplyhouse for .26 each and bought a dozen.
Definitely, a nice improvement. More definitive bass, some fuller mid, and a touch back on the highs which I'm ok with.
For now, I'm satisfied. I still have a minidsp to work in and I'm about to get a Topping D50s. Then we'll really know.
I brought this up to see what others think of it.
Sidenote: the same pads under my pre/amps seem to make a difference but I'm feeling it out. They are between IKEA aptilig bamboo cutting boards.
There is a noticeable clarity in the middle.
Please throw in your comments.
I'd like to throw my two cents in as several tips from fellow members have been truly helpful.
First, I live in apt on the third floor. Let's be real. Those floors act like attenuators when I had my sub and speakers on the carpeted floors. Even without complaints, the boom was disturbing to me.
Starting with the sub, I put 3x3 horsestall mat blocks under the feet. Seemed to muddy the bass but removed some boom.
Put a hard plywood board under the sub the same footprint of the sub. Big difference. A lot less boom and more hit but eh.
SVS sub isolators made another large notable difference in tightening up bass. Still some boom but mostly when loud. Like 60-70db.
Using that experience, I did the same with my towers. I bought some antivibration pads from Supplyhouse for .26 each and bought a dozen.
Definitely, a nice improvement. More definitive bass, some fuller mid, and a touch back on the highs which I'm ok with.
For now, I'm satisfied. I still have a minidsp to work in and I'm about to get a Topping D50s. Then we'll really know.
I brought this up to see what others think of it.
Sidenote: the same pads under my pre/amps seem to make a difference but I'm feeling it out. They are between IKEA aptilig bamboo cutting boards.
There is a noticeable clarity in the middle.
Please throw in your comments.