Speakers moving with the floor. Is it okay ?

[SHDK]

Hallo all.

I guess this is an unusual question, but I have a bit of an annoying issue.

My floor standers are standing directly on a wooden floor. The floor is perfectly even, and the speakers stand perfectly flat in the floor.

But.. it's an old floor. And if you step hard on the floor right in front of the speaker. The floor will flex a bit. Causing the speaker to move a bit. Maybe 3-5 mm at the top of the speaker.

The speaker is not rocking. Simply following the movement of the floor. But my worry is. Will the movement harm my speaker. Or can i assume the Cabinet is stiff enough to handle the movement caused be the flexing floor?

Thanks

Kindly
Søren

 

[Purité Audio]

Don’t step hard on the floor?
Keith

 

[respice finem]

IMHO no worries, considering you probably don't walk around much while listening.
Loudspeakers on residential boats and such have to withstand even more movement.

 

[SHDK]

IMHO no worries, considering you probably don't walk around much while listening.

Nope. But the speaker stands close to a door passage to the kitchen where the washing machine is placed. So sometimes doing laundry or cleaning or whatever. My dear wife forgets to take care.

 

[SHDK]

Don’t step hard on the floor?
Keith

It's close to a door passage. So a bit difficult not to. I mean it's no problem for me. But my dear wife often forgets

 

[respice finem]

If the overall construction of the house allows it, you might either change the flooring, or buy some heavy bases, like granite slabs, to mitigate.
Or, ask a carpenter to check why the floor is instable. My great-grandfather had oak floors, you could probably put a car on, despite their 100+ years of age.

 

[SHDK]

If the overall construction of the house allows it, you might either change the flooring, or buy some heavy bases, like granite slabs, to mitigate.

I will need to find a solution in the future. Just nok right now. My worry is if the small rocking og the speaker can hurt it. Like make the cabinet come apart or damage units or something else.

 

[antcollinet]

Bottom line - the speakers moving a little is not going to damage them at all. As long as it is not enough for them to fall over.

 

[respice finem]

I will need to find a solution in the future. Just nok right now. My worry is if the small rocking og the speaker can hurt it. Like make the cabinet come apart or damage units or something else.

As long as they won't topple, unlikely IMHO.

Ninja'd

 

[SHDK]

Bottom line - the speakers moving a little is not going to damage them at all. As long as it is not enough for them to fall over.

No no there is no chance to he speakers can fall over. It is no mere then 3-5 mm measured at the top.

 

[SHDK]

As long as they won't topple, unlikely IMHO.

Ninja'd

There is no chance of that happening

 

[antcollinet]

No no there is no chance to he speakers can fall over. It is no mere then 3-5 mm measured at the top.

Exactly - I'd stop worrying about it if I were you.

 

[SHDK]

Exactly - I'd stop worrying about it if I were you.

I will try. But it's hard

 

[MarkS]

There is absolutely no chance that this sort of motion will harm the speaker. None. Zero. Zip. Nada. Nil.

 

[SHDK]

There is absolutely no chance that this sort of motion will harm the speaker. None. Zero. Zip. Nada. Nil.

Sounds good. But just out of curiosity, what makes you so sure ?

 

[antcollinet]

Sounds good. But just out of curiosity, what makes you so sure ?

Speakers are - of necessity - built to be very rigid and robust to prevent resonances. The force applied to the cabinet by the woofers accelerating and decelerating at a few kHz will be far greater than the forces applied when your floorboards flex.

 

[Laika2]

Hallo all.

I guess this is an unusual question, but I have a bit of an annoying issue.

My floor standers are standing directly on a wooden floor. The floor is perfectly even, and the speakers stand perfectly flat in the floor.

But.. it's an old floor. And if you step hard on the floor right in front of the speaker. The floor will flex a bit. Causing the speaker to move a bit. Maybe 3-5 mm at the top of the speaker.

The speaker is not rocking. Simply following the movement of the floor. But my worry is. Will the movement harm my speaker. Or can i assume the Cabinet is stiff enough to handle the movement caused be the flexing floor?

Thanks

Kindly
Søren

If worried, cut 2 3/4 oak boards the size you need for a new base, paint them, put standard big rubber bumper on the 4 corners of the new bases and they should be reasonably isolated from a bouncy floor.

 

[SHDK]

Speakers are - of necessity - built to be very rigid and robust to prevent resonances. The force applied to the cabinet by the woofers accelerating and decelerating at a few kHz will be far greater than the forces applied when your floorboards flex.

Sounds good. And makes good sense.

 

[Thomas_A]

There will be no harm, meaning no damage will happen. To make them move less during play, soft feet should be used. But then it is more risk of knocking them over.

 

[SHDK]

If worried, cut 2 3/4 oak boards the size you need for a new base, paint them, put standard big rubber bumper on the 4 corners of the new bases and they should be reasonably isolated from a bouncy floor.

I did consider that. But due to having a wife with some pretty strong opinions regarding looks(and is already sceptical of the size of the speakers)

I think doing new floors is the only solution. Now is just not a good time.