SVS Subwoofer Isolation feet. Will I lose bass?


Most of what I see about subwoofer isolation has to do with minimizing rattles or bothering the neighbors.  But what about a sealed subwoofer on a concrete slab?  Would these dampeners not "dampen" the bass as well?

My setup...  Dual SVS SB16s on a concrete slab.  I don't have a rattle problem and the room is 20ft tall so I can't afford to "lose" bass because of my shakey rubbery feet.  

I've read and seen many great things about these but I have a hunch it would hurt a sealed sub on a slab more than help.

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Actually Geoff, the video to which I’m referring is a different one. It is entitled "The effect of ground vibration on audio systems", and was taped in a private space (maybe at the Townshend facilities?). It starts with Max discussing the problem, then moving on to possible solutions.

He is shown standing behind a table (and in front of a projector screen, used in his presentation), on top of which he demonstrates different forms of "mass on spring" isolation. He demonstrates the differences between spikes, a plain spring, and his Seismic Pod (which contains the same spring). He covers the issue of the undamped movement of the plain spring vs. the damped behaviour of the Pod.

Ack-chew-ally the video I posted was actually more to the point concerning cement floors. Yours was good too. 😬 As I previously pointed out damping the springs hurts the isolation and - more importantly - is audible. 😩 The video I posted also shows that damping the speakers or mass loading is not necessary once the speakers are isolated. 
The missing “chest rattle” people report is the lack of boom and distortion when the sub is properly isolated. Key word: properly. When a speaker or sub is properly isolated the bass frequencies are lower and more articulated with more slam. Everything is better and it’s the same for any speaker. Hel-loo! What’s the hang up? Talk amongst yourselves. Smoke if ya got em.
@geoffkait then how do you explain significantly less db at 20hz -  80 hz?  That's not "better" it's just quieter.  So of course there's less perceived boominess and distortion.  

Check out the video that shows his testing and measurements with/without feet as well as ported vs sealed..


UPDATED Subwoofer SVS Isolation Feet vs Rigid vs Foam Testing

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7uEdZ6KMuLM
After listening to this very interesting Townshend video....

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OZxi1oZfvDA



I think I will go if I want to stay with homemade solution with my sandwiches of different materials: quartz feet+granite plate+sorbothane+granite plate+corkplate+bamboo plate, but I will add a quartz sand bed in a bamboo box under the speakers and on top of this sandwich....I will use a mix of quartz sand with 2 different size for the sand peebles...


I cannot design a "damped" system of springs adequately myself to controls resonance....The explanation why is in the video...The price to afford them exceed my purse....And it is more fun to recreate, invent, and experiment ourselves....


I think the quartz bed will controls some resonance too....Perhaps not like a damped springs system but surely approximating it, quartz sand+small peebles will dissipate vibrations resulting from resonance in heat and it is more simple to make for me....

Only with my loaded(70 pounds on each one) speakers and the sandwich I had already now give me good results....The quartz bed will help with resonance better than only the sandwich....