Moving speakers from downstairs to upstairs, degrading ?

+1 @georgehifi — I made the opposite move and went from having my system on the second floor to the basement with concrete floor.  Bass was unruly and tough to control on the second floor.  I ended up putting marble slabs under my speakers, which helped more than anything else, but you may need to put additional footers on the slab if that alone isn’t enough.  My speakers sound SO much better in the basement — totally balanced with better imaging/soundstage.  I’d keep them down there if you possibly can. 

Thank you everyone for inserting in your inputs. Greatly appreciated.
@simonmoon What are all options for Decoupling the speakers from the floor? 

it really depends.
i once had a room that was hard wood floor over concrete. that room sounded the best ive ever measured

nasaman OP297 posts10-29-2019 8:07amThank you everyone for inserting in your inputs. Greatly appreciated.
@simonmoon What are all options for Decoupling the speakers from the floor?

As I said way back,


Make sure upstairs the speakers are de-coupled from the floor (no spikes), or it will become a soundboard for the bass, and ruin it.
If you can use a heavy plinth (eg: cement path slabs) under each speaker and then use 4 of these Sorbothane pad between the speaker and the plinth, 4 are good for 800lbs

https://www.ebay.com/itm/4-LARGE-SORBOTHANE-DISC-CIRCLE-FEET-PAD-2-5x0-5in-64x12mm-SILENT-PC-AMP-FIRM-70D/372429364953?epid=1031478471&hash=item56b6851ed9:g:O04AAOxycmBS70F6

Cheers George

Nasaman, I agree with simonmoon. I would suggest using something of as much mass under a isolation system as you can. The reason I say this is because the inertia in the mass under the loaded isolation system you may choose to employ, will help mitigate the joists or bearers if you will from absorbing energy.

The vibration will take the easiest path to dissipate, you might try Townshend for example, or Isoacoustics, or like myself springs on a very solid steel stand (mine are standmounts). Sprung steel is still one of the very best vibration isolators, used in all sorts of vehicles for that very capacity, Worldwide.

Whatever you choose, try putting some mass under your suspension system above your now mass loaded flooring to use it’s inertia to your advantage.