DIY speaker isolation base for a wood floor

Trying to damp spring oscillation is a fool’s errand. For one thing they’re not really oscillating. Where did you get that cockamamie idea? The springs only move when you push down on them. Hel-loo! My springs and probably all springs sound best with no damping. This is not rocket science, folks. You’re making a mountain out of a molehill. Give the the right spring and I’ll isolate the world. audiozenology is trying to make this into some sort of debate. There is no debate here. This is an obvious case of too many cooks spoiling the broth. And don’t flatter yourself. We don’t agree on anything.

If you push down on a mass that’s on a spring and then let go it will oscillate. it’s not a sustained oscillation but it most definitely oscillates. many of us have done this experiment on our car when the shock absorbers were at the end of their life.


I am not trying to turn this into a debate because there is no debate. When you push a mass on a spring it will oscillate at a defined frequency. It won’t sustain those oscillations but it will oscillate. There is no debate it does that. That is literally high School physics. The op doesn’t like his speaker is being floppy. the way to eliminate that floppiness while still having a high level of isolation is to a dampening. A game this is not a debate that is simple fact. There are trade-offs with adding that dampening as I pointed out. That is not a debatable item that is simply fact.

There is a video posted above by select of the Townsend isolation system 4 speakers. That is a good example David damped spring system.  Well I find the video of it cheesy you can see that that system not only isolates the speaker from the floor but also helps to dampen cabinet vibrations.

Wow there us some good points brought up here with passion behind them. Look I do appreciate the gusto behind your arguments and lets keep it respectful. There has to be someone who has access to the right measuring devices. Where is a college physics major who is writing his thesis when you need them? This would be great for a class debate with the tools needed in the same building. 

audiozenology"Wrt Clearthink’s post on just adding mass"

That is not even remotely what I said so I do not know why you would claim, argue, or assert that I had you maybe should consider actually quoting those with whom towards you seek to engage in argument here is exactly what I wrote:

"𝐁𝐞𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐢𝐬𝐨𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐈 𝐰𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐭𝐫𝐲 𝐭𝐨 𝐥𝐨𝐚𝐝 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐦𝐚𝐬𝐬 𝐟𝐢𝐫𝐬𝐭"

Using mass "first" does not mean using mass "only" but I suspect you already understand that.