I don’t have carpet. But I used to have my Magico A3s on Isoacoustics Gaia I footers. Then I tried the Townshend Seismic Podiums and that was it. The Magicos are staying on the Podiums and the Gaia Is got repurposed onto a pair of standmount speaker stands. Get the Townshend Podiums.
Best vibration isolation for speakers on carpet?
Hi All,
So I am awaiting my new Revel Performa3 208's and I'm tired of the normal spikes that come with speakers. No matter what I do I can never seem to get them all level. My carpet is medium to a bit on the thicker side. Any help on carpet spikes or any other ideas on how to isolate the speaks but also so they'll finally be balanced? Granted it's not like any of my towers have ever been in danger of tipping over, but I've never been able to get them all level.
My dealer said at 80lbs the Revel's should be fine on carpet without spikes but I want to get this right from the get go? Any help/advice is greatly appreciated-thank you!
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if you want the best speaker isolation that stops vibration down to three Hertz and also eliminates the Earth vibration which is constantly shaking your speakers get the Townshend podiums they're not cheap but they are way better than they ISO acoustic Gaia or any of those type of footers and also the podiums stop any room problems as well too, when I put them underneath my speakers and I've got the monitor audio platinum 200 ll it's like I upgraded to much more expensive electronics the soundstage got wider deeper the decay was much more clear everything was better, so if you want the best the Townshend podiums are it they sell direct so if you just Google Townshend podiums you'll find them, John Hannant is a great guy and he'll take good care of you and they even give you a money back guarantee if you don't like them you can send them back I'll never get rid of these from underneath my speakers and he told me that no one has ever sent a pair back that's how significant the difference is. |
Carlsbad, you got that wrong, the podiums isolate vibration down to three Hertz so the speaker is not vibrating at all that would defeat the purpose it stops the vibration from going into the floor and then coming back up into the speakers and shaking it and it also stops the constant Earth vibration that shakes your speakers all the time. one of the most significant upgrades I've ever made. |
I concur with a number of folks on here but my formula is a little different. I use IsoAcoustics Gaia footers under my speakers but instead of the carpet spikes, which are a pain to move the speakers around to tweak positioning, or a butcher block which I find raises the speaker height too much after combining with IsoAcoustics, I put the speakers with IsoAcoustics footers on 16x20x3/4” marble pastry boards from Sur La Table (I believe Amazon and World Market may have cheaper but perhaps lower quality alternatives). This adds additional mass while keeping it low profile, and offers additional decoupling with the use of the footers. https://isoacoustics.com/home-audio-isolation-products/gaia-series/gaia-iii/ https://www.surlatable.com/white-marble-pastry-board-1634-x-2034/PRO-535591.html |
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