Guess you need to look at their websites as well as PSB……
I agree the spongy stuff is not ideal. But the times they are a changing as is engineering.
What can I do to improve my 2nd system?
My 2nd stereo system is in my 14 ft x 18 ft bed room. The system is placed on the short side as shown. The sound path is laptop/CD/SACD player -> DAC -> power amp -> speakers/subwoofer. All the details including the placements and cabling are shown in the picture. The subwoofer is connected from DAC to sub. line-in and line out to power amp thru a build-in HPF fixed at 80Hz 12dB/Octave, which I found the best way for integration bet. the main and sub. The bookshelfs are slightly toed in. After adding the sub., I like the almost full-range sound out of this system but wonder what else I could do to further improve it. Any advise is appreciated.
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@lewm You intrigue me to dig into the decoupler/isolator subject. Here are articles, some support it and some don't. Please take it with a grain of salt. I went through several bookshelfs, starting from my 1st (NHT SuperOne 2.1) 25 years ago, Tannoy Mercury F1, Sony SSCS 5 and currently this Elac. I placed the IsoNode isolator underneath without a second thought back then because, just like many others, I heard noticeable difference in bass, tighter and cleaner. The effect on the subwoofer is even more pronounced. I think very few audiophiles will debate the benefit of using damping isolators under the subwoofer. I compared the $50 SVS Soundpath isolators with $3.5 a set of four damping isolators you could get from Walmart. Very subtle different. As a band bass player a band in college, I could testify that is not a placebo effect. I place the similar IsoNode isolators under the gears including CD/SACD player to reduce the vibration. With that, the gap under the player has increased to 1+ inch to help dissicipate the heat from Parasound to answer @slaw, although I do agree a audio grade rack placing them individually will be more ideal. BTW, the heat from Parasound PA is much less than the Cambridge IA I had for being a similar class A/B design. |
Without first hand examination of these devices, it is hard to say whether they preserve a rigid mount of the speaker while also providing some isolation, or whether they permit too much motion at the speaker base. I did take a look at the Magico website. The footers on their speakers actually would seem to add stability to the cabinets, while also attempting to isolate the speaker from the floor. If so, I certainly have no issue. Like I said, I take issue with rubbery or springy speaker mounts. But springy could work OK if the springs are very compressed under load so as to minimize the potential for amplifier energy to generate cabinet motion. I suppose it's a trade-off. |
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