Bungee Cords

Essentialaudio wrote,

"I know a guy who suspended his CD player on bungees from an aluminum ladder stretched across some crates several years ago. It didn't sound very good, sucking the life out of the music."

One expects that can easily happen when the person is all thumbs. Bungee cords are used in many Engineering grad schools as an inexpensive but effective solution. A Bungee system can achieve a very low resonant frequency. It helps considerably to know which bungee cords to select and how to implement them, naturally.

The earth is suspended from the moon with bungee cords and just a little bit of duck tape.

Geoffkait: The guy isn't an engineer by any stretch, he's a salesman with an inflated opinion of himself. What's your reaction to the aluminum foil on the walls, used with his Martin Logan speakers?

Essentialaudio, dunno about aluminum foil on the walls but I'm a huge fan of copper foils on windows.

:-)

Understood, Geoff. Copper foil is good for shielding, and I suppose as long as it's completely adhered to the surface on which it is mounted such as a window, its acoustic effect should be small. But aluminum foil rattling in the breeze is quite another thing. We're still laughing about it. You would, too.