@b_mueller,
"With suspension, loudspeakers can move freely in the horizontal plane. And they will, in response to the music signal emitted by the drivers (Newton 3rd law).
However, they do so with a frequency below the audible spectrum and the movements have no detrimental effect on the sound. To the contrary, the fixation of loudspeakers with stands, spikes etc. may transform these movements into nasty sound colorations."
I remember reading somewhere that the relatively low moving mass of the drivers in comparison to the weight of the cabinet should not cause any perceptible signal loss even in the worst case scenario of a long throw driver in a small lightweight box.
This was in regard to the use of compliant footers.
With a suspended system the advantages of isolation from resonance must be even greater.
Externally excited cabinet resonances must already be at minimum. Changing the steel cables to something like high strength plastic with more damping might be better or it might not.
Maybe too little friction or inertia might lead to the undesirable situation would be where the speakers start to visibly swing to and fro?
I'm any case, I think this is something we will hear more about in future. I bet even as we speak someone somewhere might be considering the various possible marketing options behind this novel idea.
Capitalism is a certainly a great system but one of its major flaws might be that really good advice and ideas often don't get the publicity they deserve until someone finds a way to make a profit out of them.
"With suspension, loudspeakers can move freely in the horizontal plane. And they will, in response to the music signal emitted by the drivers (Newton 3rd law).
However, they do so with a frequency below the audible spectrum and the movements have no detrimental effect on the sound. To the contrary, the fixation of loudspeakers with stands, spikes etc. may transform these movements into nasty sound colorations."
I remember reading somewhere that the relatively low moving mass of the drivers in comparison to the weight of the cabinet should not cause any perceptible signal loss even in the worst case scenario of a long throw driver in a small lightweight box.
This was in regard to the use of compliant footers.
With a suspended system the advantages of isolation from resonance must be even greater.
Externally excited cabinet resonances must already be at minimum. Changing the steel cables to something like high strength plastic with more damping might be better or it might not.
Maybe too little friction or inertia might lead to the undesirable situation would be where the speakers start to visibly swing to and fro?
I'm any case, I think this is something we will hear more about in future. I bet even as we speak someone somewhere might be considering the various possible marketing options behind this novel idea.
Capitalism is a certainly a great system but one of its major flaws might be that really good advice and ideas often don't get the publicity they deserve until someone finds a way to make a profit out of them.