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In Reply to: Cones under amps posted by ST13 on May 19, 2001 at 01:53:49:
Most vibrations come from your speakers that will set your floor, furniture and HiFi equipment into motion. The sound radiating from a vibrating wood floor, vibrating windows etc will color the sound significantly.IMO the most important think to look at is to isolate your speakers from the floor using a soft support, especially if there is a wood floor. Spikes and cones will not isolate speakers, rather the reverse, and therefore increase the vibrations coming into the floor.
For other equipment you could use cones or isolation feet, but the impact on sound in my mind (if any) will be small (except for turntables and perhaps tube ampflifers). I don't really hear any difference when my amp is put on spikes or on soft feet. Speakers on the other hand, is a totally different story. But that's just my experience...
Thomas
Follow Ups:
I hope you were the one who posted a few months ago (lost link in crash) on subject of some Scandanavian sourced soft and inexpensive footers for amps and speakers.I used to use spikes and while experimenting with a softer material so that I could move my equipment while adjusting position of amps/speakers I found they sounded better with a soft material than with very expensive spikes.
If anyone else reading remembers these soft (not sorbothane) footers which came in different sizes, colors coded to weight etc. please do us a favor and re-post link, TIA
is probablyhttp://www.sonicdesign.se/
The link may be very busy from some locations.
It could be a problem to buy these feet since they appear not to ship everywhere, but you could send them a mail and ask. They would also require your speaker weight and the weight at each corner of the speaker to be able to choose the optimal feet.
You could also work to hunt down some foam material and make DIY feet. Problem is that you need to test different sizes and stiffness to get the desired result. If the feet get too soft or too stiff, the sound may become "muddy" instead. A innertube may also work, since you could change the stiffnes with the air pressure.
And yes, it was probably me posting before.
Thomas
If so, how are they? I sent an e-mail pleading that they find a way to ship to the U.S. Any news? I'm waiting for the reply to my e-mail.
try this.... 2 - 80lbs. bags of sand under ur speakers. Level them wid a board and hammer. And my wife made pillow cases for the sand bags. My speakers look like they r resting on pillows, and they match the deco!
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