Moving speakers from downstairs to upstairs, degrading ?

There is more vibration as you move up floors in any building. As the little mice sing in Babe, that’s the way things are 🐭 🐭 🐭🎶 

Put them on isolating pads up there if the bass sounds too fat 

I wouldn’t worry too much about the flooring since you have carpet underneath. Is this a dedicated listening room, are you able to treat the room with acoustic panels? 

As long as the carpet is the same that's all that matters. 

You want 2 things:

1 - Minimal surface contact to the floor.

2 - Minimal ability of the speaker itself to move back and forth due to energy from the drivers.

For #1 above, you don’t have to go crazy. Puck-like feet are fine if they are on a solid surface. The idea is to keep any resonant surfaces of the speaker cabinet from directly making contact.

For #2, sometimes added mass to the speaker can help, but you want to avoid a puck on thick carpet, as that will encourage rocking. Spikes which directly couple to the underlying floor board are preferred.


Also, no 2 rooms are alike, so you should always get professional help like GIK Acoustics. :)

Best,

Erik