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Where does the vibrational energy from the speaker itself go?

In my system it stays in the speakers. At least for the bass range. Before the podiums (Magico spikes to floor) i felt the bass through my floor (wood on concrete) after the podiums i do not feel anything through the floor only through the air. You kind of miss the floor based boom at first but its really a fake effect, good for sound effects but not something i experience at live acoustic concerts

others with more knowldge of springs (Geoff?) may comment on whether the setup transmits higher frequencies, it may

recognize all of this is with a very inert cabinet design, and no ports on my Magico Q3s.

Ps agear. Nice room, mine is a similar size and likewise complex design albeit a more traditional Art Noxon design for sound isolation and bass response, despite the small size it works well and behaves as yours seems to really disappearing into the recorded acoustic

I love Massif Audio Design racks. I think they make very exotic and high quality wooden racks. :)

Folkfreak wrote,

"others with more knowldge of springs (Geoff?) may comment on whether the setup transmits higher frequencies, it may."

The springs are simply part of the mass/spring iso system. Analogous to seismic vibration isolation, isolating the system from the vibrational energy of the speakers (cabinets) is accomplished by absorbing the energy via the mass/spring system, where it’s converted to work and heat. The mass/spring system would thus have to move somewhat during the whole isolation process.

Hence creating motion artifacts and larger amounts of interfering energy within the component that is placed in "isolation" Tom

theaudiotweak
1,355 posts
07-30-2016 11:32am
Hence creating motion artifacts and larger amounts of interfering energy within the component that is placed in "isolation" Tom

No, Tom. The motion is imperceptible and only at one frequency, you know, the resonant frequency of the iso system. So no harm/no foul. Plus there are not larger amounts of interfering energy within the component that is placed in isolation. There’s LESS interfering energy. That’s kind of the whole point. Hel-looo!

Have you given any consideration to consulting your new seismologist on this subject?

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