RedKiwi: I read somewhere about a speaker designer that did not go out of his way to eliminate speaker cabinet resonance and vibration, he instead tuned the speakers using the existing vibration. It may have possibly been Reynaud the manufacturer of my speakers, but I cannot remember. I have always suspected that removing too much vibration (on any component) may actually degrade or "un-voice" the sound. It all boils down to what we specifically like as far as the sound goes, but the logistics of it all (tweaking and fine tuning) gives me a headache sometimes.
Vibrapods and Speakers
After reading a Soundstage article couple years ago by Greg
Weaver I have been experimenting using vibrapods to decouple
speaker from stand/floor. In the original article Greg was amazed at the improvement in sound of his Von Schweikert speakers when he replaced the cones between the bass cabinet
and mid/high cabinet with vibrapods. I am very impressed using vibrapods on monitor speakers between stand and speaker to decouple speaker. Very noticeable increase in bass extension, more 3D sounding, and richer more natural sound. I will not go back to rigid coupled speaker/stand.
I am now experimenting using large vibrapods for floor standing speakers between speaker/floor. At first you will reject this out of hand because we have been told over and over that speakers should be cone/spike mounted, but I am not so sure. Any other members tried this approach?
Weaver I have been experimenting using vibrapods to decouple
speaker from stand/floor. In the original article Greg was amazed at the improvement in sound of his Von Schweikert speakers when he replaced the cones between the bass cabinet
and mid/high cabinet with vibrapods. I am very impressed using vibrapods on monitor speakers between stand and speaker to decouple speaker. Very noticeable increase in bass extension, more 3D sounding, and richer more natural sound. I will not go back to rigid coupled speaker/stand.
I am now experimenting using large vibrapods for floor standing speakers between speaker/floor. At first you will reject this out of hand because we have been told over and over that speakers should be cone/spike mounted, but I am not so sure. Any other members tried this approach?
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