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Thick 2" maple amp platform--couple or isolate?

I'll soon be receiving a pair of TimberNation 2"-thick hard-maple platforms for my ASL 805s. The concensus seems to be to couple the amp to the platform, but how 'bout the platform and the floor, in my case carpeted concrete? I was going to spike it to the concrete, but Mapleshade certainly doesn't do that.

What's your experience?
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boa2
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Jeffrey,
In my system, I have two sets of monoblocks sitting on maple blocks from Timbernation. I had considered cones/spikes, but opted instead to have Chris (Timbernation) build a laminated box that I partially fill with sand. The maple block then sits in the 'sandbox'.
Hope that helps,
Howard
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Howard, that sounds like both coupled and decoupled, 'coupled' in that the sand certainly is harder and more coupling than pile carpet but not as much as a stiff spike. Hmm...

What kind of floor?
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Carpet.
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