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Coupling vs. Decoupling for Bass Response

My work system is in the hay loft of a converted 100 year old horse barn. The floor is wide pine planks over wood beams and shakes with just the footsteps of someone walking across it. Needless to say it does not help my bass response. I have my LaScalas in this room, which are not exactly known for low bass in the first place. They have a rather large footprint (I believe around 2X3 feet). Any suggestions of some simple (re: inexpensive) ways to get back some of my bass that the floor is eating up? I'm currently using three cones under each speaker, but I'm thinking coupling may be counter-productive. I'm guessing that I should be looking at a means of decoupling. Thanks in advance for any suggestions.

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ozfly
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A 1400 sq ft room (20 x 70?)will be tough to fill with bass regardless of the flooring. A well-matched sub-woofer might be in order.

Apart from the excellent suggestions above, you might want to stabilize the speakers themselves by placing some very heavy concrete pads on the floor and then use padding material (per Newbee) and/or spikes on top of that. At least you might be able to keep the cabinet itself from moving with the bass waves. Just a thought.
ozfly
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P.S. Barry and I are on the same wave length. When I suggested the heavy concrete pads, I didn't specify that they were to only go under the speakers, but I hope it was clear through implication. I would not suggest 1400 sq ft of heavy concrete as that would surely collapse your flooring altogether ;-)
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