I started my decoupling experiment a little over a month ago as documented in this thread:
https://forum.audiogon.com/discussions/decoupling-speakers
Currently, I have in my room, Herbie's Giant Fat Gliders under my two large subs (about 150 pounds each), Herbie's Giant Fat Dots under a multi-support system for my monoblocks (about 110 pounds each, and springs under my two large stand-mounted speakers (about 175 pounds each, including the stands). I am still trying the various options but all of those sound better than my former spiked set-up.
There are many purpose built products at a wide price range and, as you found out, there are also options to accomplish decoupling relatively inexpensively:
Springs:
https://forum.audiogon.com/discussions/decoupling-speakers
Currently, I have in my room, Herbie's Giant Fat Gliders under my two large subs (about 150 pounds each), Herbie's Giant Fat Dots under a multi-support system for my monoblocks (about 110 pounds each, and springs under my two large stand-mounted speakers (about 175 pounds each, including the stands). I am still trying the various options but all of those sound better than my former spiked set-up.
There are many purpose built products at a wide price range and, as you found out, there are also options to accomplish decoupling relatively inexpensively:
Springs:
- Century Springs, https://www.centuryspring.com/catalog/compression-regular
- Sorbothane (check out IsolateIT!)
- Silicone (check out Hudson Hi-Fi)
- Herbie's dBNeutralizer footers (dots and gliders)
- Closed Cell Foam or Cork Isolation Pads (check out Diversitech)
- Owens Corning 705 DIY (similar to EVP Isolation Pads)
- Hockey Pucks
- Air Bladder under a platform
- properly sized for capacity and stiffness,
- properly positioned under the equipment based on the center of mass,
- damped - I cover them with heat shrink, which provides damping and a padded top and bottom so equipment and racks are not scratched, and I put a hole in the heat shrink to allow air to release from inside the spring without creating an air lock (do not use adhesive lined heat shrink)