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Sonus Faber Guarneri - will any aiddtional isolation be beneficial?

Hello, couple month ago I bought new Sonus Faber Guarneri Evolution speakers with their matching stands. They reside on a hard flood floors. Did anybody tried and got effective results by adding additional isolation under SF Guarneri granite bases? The granite bases have small rubber footers at the corners. Is that possible to remove them so granite bases can be directly attached/coupled to the something like symposium svelte shelves?

Thank you for your help.


denon1
larryi
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Hi Folkfreak,

Thanks for your response.

I have a pair of SAP J2001 speakers, although I have switched out its midrange horn in favor of very old Western Electric 731 b driver and a Western Electric KS 12025 horn.  The bass cabinet should barely fit between the feet of the largest Podium.  

As for the tilt issue, I would prefer not using any kind of feet on the speaker so that the platform of the Podium is in full contact with the bottom of the speaker.  That would allow for the best transmission of vibration generated by the speaker into the platform device for dissipation (this is what Symposium said about use of their platforms under speakers).  I could put the Svelte Shelf under the speaker and use either the Townsend Podium (with some sort of riser) or the Townsend Corners to support the shelves.  

denon1 OP
342 posts
 

Folks, thank you for all good advises. Yes, I know that many speakers benefit from proper isolation and I have done it before many times with good benefits, but I would really appreciate somebody's input who have/had Sonus Faber Guarneri (original, Momentos or Evolutions) and did try any additional isolation under their granite bases. Will additional isolation under Guarneri's granite bases effect their sound?

Thank you.

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folkfreak
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Larryi -- not sure I'm confident that the Townshend stuff would match with the Symposium at all well. If I understand it correctly the intent of the Townshend podiums is to isolate the speaker from the floor and not to dissipate vibration in any way -- using multiple add on footers/platforms/springs may lead to them fighting one another which is why Townshend recommend you remove all feet when using their kit. Maybe if the Symposium platform is more an extension of the cabinet, then the podium/pods are the feet it makes sense? 
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daveyf
2,871 posts
 
Denon 1, I think the G’s benefit from a couple of things. Like most speakers they are best when away from the back and side walls. As to isolating the marble bases, well i think that this may be desirable on a suspended floor, but not so much on a harder/non-suspended floor...or carpet. I have thought about adding an isolation base-- not under the stands, but between the stands and the speakers. This might prove to be beneficial....but it could also introduce problems. The biggest issue I would see would be that the speaker is now raised too high off the ground and the seating position therefore would typically be too low. Is there a reason why you are not happy with your current set-up?
sbrownnw
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I’m using some Soundocity SEV9 with my ProAc Studio 148s. Spikes to metal floor protectors on top of hockey pucks. Works very well with the bottom porting. Might put some thin granite slabs between the pucks and carpet
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