I’m high on mass-on-spring isolation devices which have become ubiquitous. In the beginning there was Bright Star, Vibraplane, Townsend and yours truly. It’s like walking a tightrope or a razor blade trying to balance all the variables - internal damping, spring rate, number of directions of isolation and load capacity and of course cost. I eschew getting rubber but I suppose a little bit can’t hurt much, and too much slows things down too much. For myself I forego all rubber and almost all internal damping, preferring very hard cones, high carbon springs, high mass and extremely stiff boards.
Floor standing speaker isolation advice needed.
I have an older pair of KEF Reference Model Twos that currently sit on their brass(?) feet on the floor. The floor is tile but not solid cement underneath. I bought two .5" thick granite tiles for underneath the speakers and am wondering if I need to do anything else like put the spikes on the brass feet, add sorbothane under the granite tiles and/or under the brass feet or something else I should be considering? Things sound good on the top end but seem a bit subdued/muddy in the bass region. The KEFs are being driven by a Parasound Halo A23 and I’ve got a HSU VTF-3 MK 2 helping out the bass, mostly for movie duty.
Thanks for any advice.
Thanks for any advice.