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In Reply to: RE: Most peoples just use spikes posted by genungo on June 29, 2015 at 16:50:22
Pucks, rubberized stuff, ball bearing floaters, - decouple...
My speakers benefit from coupling. Some others benefit from decoupling.
At least, as I understand it.
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Where people had paid to see inside,
For entertainment they watch his body twist
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If you have speakers on stands, there are variables. The stands resonant or not. The speakers design. The connection to the stands, The connection of the stand to the floor and the floor.
My stands are hollow tubular metal. I experimented. When my rig was on a carpeted covered slab the best set up was poster tack speakers to standards and spike speakers through carpet to slab.
Now I am on a suspended wood floor. I replaced the spikes with decoupling feet. The answer is it depends on the equipment and room.
Apologies if I sounded in any way argumentative. I was trying to help the OP on the basis of...1. following the manufacturers recommendations.
2. experimenting with different techniques.
3. more options that just de-coupling.I know that people have found success, (and even some manufacturers), have postulated applying BOTH techniques at the same time. In most cases, (IME), manufacturers know their equipment best, and (often) have recommendations for one technique or the other given room & surface.
All that being said, spikes vs floating devices are two very different processes.
"Asylums with doors open wide,
Where people had paid to see inside,
For entertainment they watch his body twist
Behind his eyes he says, 'I still exist.'"
Edits: 06/30/15
One of the test labs I visited many years ago - always ran their tests with the speakers suspended on bungee cords
"The hardest thing of all is to find a black cat in a dark room, especially if there is no cat" - Confucius
I also found B&Ws experiments with concrete speakers interesting as well.
How the drivers are housed is/can be very critical, and is often underestimated & under-considered by folks. The difference between the cabinets of say several of the Audio Physic models, vs Wilsons, are two such examples.
"Asylums with doors open wide,
Where people had paid to see inside,
For entertainment they watch his body twist
Behind his eyes he says, 'I still exist.'"
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