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Speaker shock absorbers

From time to time people have posted different methods for mechanically decoupling their speakers from the floor to reduce vibration. Some of these have involved using a ply system of rubber strips and wood strips, which seems reasonable to me. I have looked for suitable sized sections of rubber or even for large sheets to cut up but have been unsuccessful. To those who have used that method -where did you find the material and what thickness of rubber and wood did you use for each layer - finally how many layers did you end up using?
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halcro
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Why aren't you using spikes? Do you imagine most speaker manufacturers include them for decoration?
Spikes actually 'decouple' the speakers from the low-frequency structure-bourne feedback able to be carried in most timber-framed floors. These large-wavelength low frequencies are unable to 'cross-over' the tiny contact points of the spikes. Any rubber or foam you introduce between the floor and the speakers will simply ' bounce' with the feed-back induced movement of the floor and if anyone out there considers 'moving' speakers to be a good thing, they may not be the best people to listen to?
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