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I was throwing out some boxes the other day and came across two pieces of molded packing styrofoam that were the perfect size to fit under my Snell type D. I have been considering different methods of isolation so thought I'd give it a try.
I was very surprised by the instant effect I noticed - slightly leaner and tighter bass. This is great on some heavier recordings but, overall, I am not convinced I like it quite yet. Still listening.
Any comments or experiences with styrofoam and its properties?
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Probably better alternatives:
http://www.silentsource.com/afoams-primaacoustic-isopad.html
http://herbiesaudiolab.home.att.net/bigfat.htm
And it worked well.
Aluminium/ply/foam/MDF/aluminium.
I took a platform to my local hifi shop (remember this was 1999) and we took it into the DVD demonstration room where we slipped it under a player.
3 out of 4 people in the room turned round and asked what we had done because the picture and sound had suddenly improved!
I* was instantly hooked on tweaking!
Hi.
Those packaging rigid white foam blocks are way too rigid to hold any audio stuff, let alone heavy loudspeakers. I mean too rigid to absorb any vibration from below.
But instead, I've chosen semi-rigid open-cellular foam blocks (also scraped from computer/TV packaging) as cable lifters to hold all my ICs & power cords for their being resilient enough to absorp vibration & pretty neutral sonically vs rigid ceramic or metal lifters.
For loudspeakers support, I would go for something else more substantial let the white corks cheapie & awful look.
Are yr Snell Ds floor standing?
c-J
for tightening up the bass a bit. The aesthetics don't really bother me right now. This is my personal basement office/listening room so no WAF comes into play - sound first, looks second. My purty speakers are upstairs in the living room.
The Type D are floorstanders and heavy ones at that! The only reason I tried the styrofoam was because it is thick and fits perfectly under the speaks. I don't see any way for this to become unstable.
I am going to give it some more time and then remove them for better perspective. Sometimes with these tweaks I still have a hard time discerning a change for good or bad or if I am just delusional.
What would be some examples of speakers interfaces that are more substantial but less rigid?
Just curious...
THis is a wild as guess, but I think cork blocks would both be more substantial but less rigid.
I tried styrofoam under a subwoofer about a year ago and it remains there to this day. Not because of any earth-shaking results (no pun intended), but because it tightened up the bass enough to be noticeable. Unfortunately it looks like shite, but the credit crunch forbids more aesthetically pleasing substitutes at the moment.
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