Has anyone had experiences good or bad with speaker isolation or isolation in general ?
Mains, After, I stabilize my rack, I think my best approach is to isolate my speakers and especially my subs in the beginning. Then, go ahead and better isolate my equipment. I had checked out the Townsend website due to this post, and sent an email seeking equipment recommendations. I'm waiting to hear back. Checking out the products, I can't use the podiums due to proximity of other equipment, but the Bars would work for my subs. An additional thought would be to put the Bars under my existing Symposium isolation platforms that the subs currently sit on. From your experience with the product, do you think this application of the Bars would be my best starting point? BTW - I will be adding to my rack, side boards at the rear with a 1" dowel running across the backside of the rack at the top. From the dowel will hang strings attached to my components' ICs and power cords for the purpose of relieving strain due to the weight of these cables on the connectors. This was recommended to me by Bill at Shun Mook, and the side boards will also help to make my rack more rigid. Kenny |
to toddverrone: With a heavy speaker like my Merlins (85 lbs. ea.) they are rock solid stable on carpet. With a much lighter speaker I don't know. However the rubber base of the Gaia prevents the footer from sliding so I use corian boards with large felt discs on the bottom on my wood floor just so I can slide them around. On carpet, a wood, corian, marble, glass, granite, etc. board by itself would provide an even surface and allow you to slide the speakers. The photo of the Kef Blades at the Isoacoustics website, for example, shows a glass or acrylic board between the Gaia footers and the carpet: http://www.isoacoustics.com/products/gaia-series/ |
