Mapleshade boards under speakers

Bradluke, I think you are right on this topic. The wood is dense, heavy and essentially inert. When you connect your gear via pointed cones into/onto the wood, it stablizes the equipment, thereby dampening whatever vibration the gear may be experiencing. With tubed gear, in my case, a preamp with microphonic prone, 60+ year old 6SN7s, holding it still, is important. Some people may call this "draining" vibration. I grant you that poetic license should not be a license to steal, in the way we sometimes see it used.

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Using the maple platforms under my speakers has transformed the bass response. There is no way I would ever return to the speakers just spiked through the carpet again.

Just as an aside ... Audiogon, please return the font to that previously used before the change. Thanks.

Just ok NOT GREAT!!!!!!!

I use maple boards (2" to 4")under my speakers and all my audio equipment. I first went to a lumber yard so as not to spend as much. I was pleasantly supprised. I have a concrete floor under thick carpet and use brass spikes between the floor and the maple boards. On flat surfaces ,I use isolation blocks (not SQ or mapleshade. I only changed to this mounting system and it has transformed my system more than any prior purchase.

This was an incredible upgrade. Greater than any equipment added in the past. I have been amazed by the results.