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Can foam padding isolate better than spikes?

This may be quite crazy but I've set my Dynaudio C3 speaker stands down on a 1.5" thick sheet of soft foam padding instead of using spikes. Now the floor has almost no vibration. The sound is cleaner and more natural. I did the same with my subwoofer with the same results! Now I'm considering laying all of my gear on soft foam. Has anyone tried this? Any comments would be greatly appreciated.

Chris
sonicray
koestner
625 posts
 
Home Depot is a treasure trove for all these "McGuyver" tweaks.
mitch2
3,687 posts
 
Check out Herbies Big Fat Dots and their other options.
sonicray OP
43 posts
 
Thanks for your responses. Yes, it is fun trying all these unusual tweaks and decoupling materials but the bottom line is what sounds better.

So spikes get rid of resonances quickly whereas decoupling materials allow the resonances to remain until they dissipate on their own, it seems.

Enjoy,

Sonicray
usblues
1,217 posts
 
It seems alot these days,cheers,B
hotmailjbc
571 posts
 
i,ve tried everything over the years within reason financially like black diamond cones, vibracones and pods, foam from swimming floats cut into discs, huge concrete slabs on tennis balls and can never make a descision. i just have fun experimenting. i wonder what my system would sound like if i went back to 1970s with my luxman integrated and allison ones without any tweaks or high dollar treatments and cables.
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