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Reducing Resonance Between Speakers and Stands – Need Advice

My Joseph Audio Pulsar speakers are currently placed on some basic stands, which themselves sit on spikes. When playing bass-heavy material, I feel the sound doesn’t quite detach cleanly from the speakers — instead it seems to vibrate and spread sideways, as if too much resonance is being transferred into the stands.

 

I’m looking for something to place between the speakers and the stands that would help reduce these resonances and improve bass clarity.

 

Any recommendations would be greatly appreciated!

gabriel123
gabriel123 OP
91 posts
 

@pjb255livecom no idea what this BlueTak is, can you send any link to it?

 

zlone
1,342 posts
 

I don’t think you want to isolate them from the stands, better to connect them. BluTack is a start. Then definitely fill the stands with sand, though I recommend filling small ziplocks with sand and then filling them up with the bags, this will help. Third, try a set of IsoAcoustic Gaia feet, or the Stack Auva feet. I went through all of this with a set of KEF Reference One’s, a comparable speaker, on their stock stands, and each step made a difference, especially the Gaia’s. 

mashif
472 posts
 

I have the ISO 200 stands, sitting on the plate of Monoprice 24" stands. When I assembled the Monoprice stands, I put 1/4 inch Neoprene in between all joints and screws, and another layer on the plate under the ISO stands. 

dynacohum
836 posts
 

All of the above…add mass to your stands or upgrade to a more structurally inert stand. Mate the speaker to the stand with sorbothane sheeting (AudioQuest sells a sheet that can be cut to treat a pair of speakers) and if budget allows, invest in Gaia feet.  If on a carpet, IsoAcoustics has carpet piercing spikes that go under the Gaias.

The cheap version is Monoprice Monolith stands, play sand filled baggies, and Blu Tack mounting putty.

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dekay
6,189 posts
 

Link to BluTak (best to use tiny pea sized balls that will flatten out - less is more).

https://www.amazon.com/Blu-Tack-S050Q-Reusable-Adhesive-75g/dp/B001FGLX72/ref=sr_1_1?dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.y-l2ZZTLaNIjTmWMnNLgeAcGl2TgChv-HUicIuXFNgIRfyYX8lVxm4WeQ4hoAJs69YXWosJh2Yibli8_ZJn0ehlZxkeZlvSUN1q_4lfGP7hCsnghTfTG-7rPSMcUefCC9CoVVAnrrxz0o7aajUPMZbW2Ei-uPR_JqGyDeT_iJMNGMQf0qmDWu_pQ93C2DVwcBiZTrWk7fhLYLX65ZjqkMpFr46scMrShvyuwgR5PmgbipzZA1uE9rZQmRbNhuD47h3iwIUhPuclexLC653QMeJjbW78s8hxdQSO46l8UK54.7ovrW6r4maksCqAnlB30CPjX_S7xdQXGK9S7gZ8uCfU&dib_tag=se&keywords=blue+tack&qid=1763326423&sr=8-1

 

DeKay

 

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