Mapleshade boards under speakers

A couple of weeks ago the Mapleshade unfinished 2 inch boards I ordered arrived and I simply have the Thiel 2.4s placed atop them without any footers through the thin pile carpeting underneath on a suspended floor. WOW, what an improvement in focus, detail and depth of stage. Here's my conclusion: I think maple happens to have the correct resonance, impedance and absorptive properties that allow phase cancelling information to be absorbed while not absorbing in phase musical information. I think it also performs this "filtering" fairly evenly over the audible range. There is a reason why it has long been used to make musical instruments. Would other tone woods work as well or better? Perhaps, but I know that this made a noticeable improvement and my audio buds all agree.

Maple is the right stuff for putting under audio. Thats all there is to say about it.

I tend to agree. Not that I've tried everything else under the sun. Or are about to.

I couldn't afford Mapleshade blocks at the time so I got Myrtlewood plinths from Battlerock Studios. I placed them underneath my KEF 104/2 speakers and got great results. They are a little over 2" thick. The Myrtlewood plinths along with brass footers really helped with the vibration issues I was having with just the KEFs on my floor. I saw give Myrtlewood a shot.

Actually, I have tried everything under the sun. If you get good results with a maple board under a component you will get even better results by supporting the maple board with hard ceramic, brass or aluminum cones. Furthermore, results can be improved even further by constructing two layers of maple boards and cones.