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

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. 

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.

Could someone explain why a soft material like Blu-Tack or Sorbothane sheets might be better between a stand and a speaker than an acoustic isolator like IsoAcoustics? I’m still new to this hobby, but my intuition tells me that something soft like Blu-Tack would mellow the sound, while something like IsoAcoustics helps the sound detach from the speaker without introducing distortion from stand vibrations.