I highly recommend at least a floor jack under each speaker supporting a 3 2x4s accross the joist span. The point is to prevent the speakers from driving the floor as a large diaphram. A heavy wool rug with double pads can also help as long as the rest of the room is reasonably live.
Suggestions for bare wood floor resonance control
For four years I had my system in a basement room on a carpet-covered 12" concrete slab. The gear sat on an Atlantis Reference stand filled with lead shot. The CD player and DAC were up on Walker Audio points. No tweaks other than that. I couldn't tell the difference if the speaker cables were lifted off the carpet or not.
Recently moved into a house with a bare wood floor over a basement. Set my system up as usual. After a couple of months, it became clear that I had no dynamics. Everything sounded warm and rounded off. All the excitement was gone.
Almost by accident (actually it was an accident) I took out the Walker points from under the DAC and whoa... the snap was back in the system. The floor has a fair amount of play in it. I *have* to lift the cables off the floor or I can hear the smear. I know this isn't the world's best stand, but it's generally ok. I have to learn how to set up a system in this type of room all over again. Anyone have any suggestions for how to deal system resonance with springy bare wood floors? Thanks in advance.
My system is: Altis CDT-III transport
Altis Reference DAC
Rowland Synergy II preamp
Rowland Model 10 amp
Meadowlark Blue Heron speakers
All cables are RCA Cardas Golden Reference
I can provide more details if necessary. Thanks.
Recently moved into a house with a bare wood floor over a basement. Set my system up as usual. After a couple of months, it became clear that I had no dynamics. Everything sounded warm and rounded off. All the excitement was gone.
Almost by accident (actually it was an accident) I took out the Walker points from under the DAC and whoa... the snap was back in the system. The floor has a fair amount of play in it. I *have* to lift the cables off the floor or I can hear the smear. I know this isn't the world's best stand, but it's generally ok. I have to learn how to set up a system in this type of room all over again. Anyone have any suggestions for how to deal system resonance with springy bare wood floors? Thanks in advance.
My system is: Altis CDT-III transport
Altis Reference DAC
Rowland Synergy II preamp
Rowland Model 10 amp
Meadowlark Blue Heron speakers
All cables are RCA Cardas Golden Reference
I can provide more details if necessary. Thanks.