Reference 3A DeCapo " Blue Tak" question

Blue tak is not as bad as lead or sorbethane at killing the sound of my monitors, but it does mess with the response and micro-dynamics.
Bigshutterbug is right.

I'd like to try roller bearings someday, but Vibrapods seem to allow most of the musical energy get through.

Wow, I thought I was nuts and/or off-the-chart anal until I read some of these responses. Make 4 small blobs for each speaker of roughly the same size...don't measure, don't cut, don't over-analyze. Roll each, with your fingers, into a small ball, making sure it's a little "hot"...they stick better that way. Put each ball in place and put the speaker down. It'll find it's own equilibrium. End of story.

Thanks for the replies everyone. I got some blue tak but think shutterbug may be right. My sound is very dynamic right now with sand filled stands, so may be one of those if it ain't broke, don't fix it kinda things.

Telescope, I'd recommend trying the blue-tak yourself and come to your own conclusion. Generalized opinions are a dime-a-dozen and *almost* never based on structured or measured testing criteria by the "audiophile" masses.

Clear your brain of everything you've read so far in this thread, try Elizabeth's, Lindisfarne's and Ths364's recommendations, and see what "you" think. If you desire more opinions, use the "search" feature. I'm sure you'll find plenty opinions conveying positive and non-detrimental results. Give it a try.

Regards,

Actually, for some of us this is where audio gets fun.

When trying various speaker interfaces I wasn't measuring, wasn't really analyzing. I was listening to music that moves me. When I was impressed with how I was enjoying the music or the sound more (or less) than before, then I would try to reason out how the change might do that.

If you listen at low or moderate volumes then these sonic differences are very apparent.

If you listen loud all the time, and require absolute clarity, then you may want to clamp them down firmly to massive lead filled stands and then buy an amp with alot of power as you try to regain the musical enjoyment and experience that you used to achieve with just a few watts.