Isolation footers for ATC SCM100A


I just purchased a used pair of ATC 100A speakers, and they come with the manufacturer’s iron OEM stands.  On my current pair of ATC 40 towers, I’m using Herbie’s threaded Stud Glider footers for decoupling.

I’m considering using the Stud Gliders with the 100s, tapping thread holes into the stand bottoms, and perhaps also employing sorbothane pads where the speakers contact the stands.

Does that sound like a reasonable approach?  Or would there be an alternate way to use the Herbie’s footers?  Any advice welcome.

Thanks,

JAMES

jimboman

Showing 2 responses by pindac

Recently there has been extensive coverage of Under Speaker Isolation in the Linked Thread.

https://forum.audiogon.com/discussions/footers-under-new-speakers

If the footers in the Link are purchased to create a quantity of 12 Items, as a Set of 3 x Footers per tier, and used in conjunction with tiers made from Densified Wood Board, there is not much out there to improve on things at the purchase price.

An added bonus being the items purchased, 616 and if the board is bought direct and produced at a dimension suitable for other roles, i.e, a TT Plinth, will sell at another time with a full remuneration of the original outlay, the reality being a appreciated value when sold on. 

It is the road less travelled, but those who do this from the current Products in the Market Place are paying substantially more for what amounts to very little as a difference.

 https://www.fromjapan.co.jp/japan/en/auction/yahoo/input/t1192434588/      

A Material worthwhile considering to produce a Sub Plinth or Sub Sub Plinth > Sub Plinth to mount the Speakers on is a Resin Impregnated Densified Wood Board, which has well known producers from Brands known as Panzerholz or Permali.

A more recent discovery has shown the material can be found with improved aesthetics as seen in the Link.   

REZYWOOD - gefärbtes, stabilisiertes & hochverdichtetes Ahorn Holz | Designholz 

There is quite a bit of info out there to assist with understanding why this material has been suggested.

Also as a user of the Material, It would be rude not to make known that very attractive End Sound is able to be produced with this material, when used as parts in a design for a support structure.