On the draining of resonance.....

Not to open a can of worms, but one of my Yoga instructors often refers to Yoga as an antidote for "spiritually deprived Westerners".

It resonates with me when stated. Not all Westerners are spiritually deprived of course and all are free to seek it out but spirituality is not a core tenet of modern Western Culture by any stretch so one has to find ways to seek it out on their own. Audiophiles included I suppose. Is teh gear teh end in of itself or a means to teh end of enjoying music, which IS often a spiritually uplifting event.

JAfreeman,

Great post! I can relate to that.

Yep the construction in most good quality newer homes is good when it comes to earthquake tolerance but bad when it comes to interacting with your hifi as well.

Long live Bedrock!

You have to isolate your speakers from interacting with teh floor otherwise to preserve detail and clarity. Like isolation pads used under a subwoofer (I place my floorstanders on Auralex Subdude isolation platforms) or monitor stands also designed specifically to isolate monitor speakers from what they stand on (I use Isoacoustics pro monitor stands ).

If you have your speakers sitting directly on most modern suspended plywood construction floors, you are doomed to mediocre sound until you get some form of isolation in place.