Mitch, if you hear a difference you are blessed. Set up your system any way you want.
Millercarbon, I have done that experiment with a tube phono stage, an oscilloscope and a test record. There was no difference to either my ears or the oscilloscope trace at any frequency. As for my speakers? My subs weight 250 lb each and I have 4 of them. My speakers are 7"11" tall and my ceiling is 8" so putting anything under them is a non starter. The subs are so heavy and stiff that they do not vibrate. I have Vinyl and CD sets on display right on top of them. Trying to isolate a subwoofer is beyond silliness. When bass is produced by a powerful system capable of going flat down to 18 Hz the entire house vibrates isolated or not. Put on a 30 Hz test tone and turn up the volume. If you have a decent system everything in the house will start buzzing. Any movement of the subwoofer itself creates distortion. Mine don't move because they are so heavy and they are spiked to the floor. The stuff on top of them doesn't even move including my Mo Fi Beatles set. But turn em up and the entire house buzzes. If you think you hear an improvement in your bass by putting your speakers on springs it is purely psychological or perhaps your speakers sound better just because they are up higher. So get yourself a nice looking set of speaker stands. But, subwoofers to perform their best need to be right on the floor up against a wall or in a corner. They gain up to 6 dB in efficiency this way and eliminate the first reflection entirely, improving bass throughout the room.
Millercarbon, with all the neat improvements you have made you must have one heck of a system.
Millercarbon, I have done that experiment with a tube phono stage, an oscilloscope and a test record. There was no difference to either my ears or the oscilloscope trace at any frequency. As for my speakers? My subs weight 250 lb each and I have 4 of them. My speakers are 7"11" tall and my ceiling is 8" so putting anything under them is a non starter. The subs are so heavy and stiff that they do not vibrate. I have Vinyl and CD sets on display right on top of them. Trying to isolate a subwoofer is beyond silliness. When bass is produced by a powerful system capable of going flat down to 18 Hz the entire house vibrates isolated or not. Put on a 30 Hz test tone and turn up the volume. If you have a decent system everything in the house will start buzzing. Any movement of the subwoofer itself creates distortion. Mine don't move because they are so heavy and they are spiked to the floor. The stuff on top of them doesn't even move including my Mo Fi Beatles set. But turn em up and the entire house buzzes. If you think you hear an improvement in your bass by putting your speakers on springs it is purely psychological or perhaps your speakers sound better just because they are up higher. So get yourself a nice looking set of speaker stands. But, subwoofers to perform their best need to be right on the floor up against a wall or in a corner. They gain up to 6 dB in efficiency this way and eliminate the first reflection entirely, improving bass throughout the room.
Millercarbon, with all the neat improvements you have made you must have one heck of a system.