speaker/stand, couple or isolate?

Speaking of leading people astray, BDR cones suck, dude. Well, maybe not compared to nothing. 

I have some fairly large KEF floorstanders in a large room on a suspended timber floor. I found the sound very much improved when I hung them from the ceiling with motorbike clutch cable. It is fairly easy to experiment with height and well worth the effort. The only hard part is fixing to the speaker, I put four small screws in the bottom. 

You would be light years ahead using bungee cords to suspend the speakers. And it would be much easier to implement.

I have tried this a couple different ways when I was working on stands for my speakers.

I started with a high mass MDF with spikes coupled.  Good result, not great.  

Moved to low mass metal (aluminum) with spike.  Bad result.  

At advice from the wholesaler, I put IsoAcoustics Orea pucks between the speakers and stands.    Tighter bass and overall, more coherent sound.  Great result!  

Stand material made no difference.  i use three ores bronze under each speaker on top of the stands based on the weight of the speaker. I also have spikes in the stands but that is strictly aesthetic and has no impact on the sound.  

BDR cones suck, dude

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You would be light years ahead using bungee cords

Is this guy credible?

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