DIY speaker isolation base for a wood floor

geoffkait"Spring systems are not wobbly unless you push down on them."

Of course that is true this is like the old joke.

Patient: It hurts when I do this.
Doctor: Then don't do that.

Oh I did see that Iso Acoustics was tested. So maybe the speakers distance apart had the biggest impact. Ah I like the looks of my bases. If I say this beach is secure. This beach is secure!!!!

Just in case no one noticed this in the Max Townshend video of speaker isolation using springs under speakers works two ways - (1) it prevents mechanical feedback to the front end electronics via the floor and (2) it reduces the vibration of the speaker cabinets themselves. There is a third way, too, preventing seismic vibration from being transmitted from the floor to the speakers, but that seems trivial to me. Yes, I know what some of you are thinking, “Gosh, aren’t speakers like musical instruments 🎻 and supposed to vibrate?” 😳

Geez, I don’t get what all this is all about.....all you need is a critically damped buckling isolator tuned to an appropriate frequency for isolation....and a mechanical diode to take care of all the speaker vibrations, and without the phase issues damping brings to the table.

Easy peazy.

And then everything will be quiet on the Eastern Front.

Speaking of hanging speakers from the ceiling that’s not a terrible idea. I suspended LS3/5a speakers from eye hooks in the ceiling using bungee cords of just the right springiness. That was forty years ago.