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To Couple or Decouple?

I've recently purchased a pair of Acoustic Zen Crescendos. I now have them positioned in the room, and I am ready to add the spikes. The floor in my room is a suspended wood type. After researching whether or not to spike speakers or decouple them on a suspended wood floor, the majority seems to recommend not spiking them directly to the wood floor, but decoupling them. So here are my questions:
1). Do I couple or decouple?
2). Anyone use the Boston Audio Tuneblocks S under your spikes? How do you like them?
3). Any recommendations of other decoupling devices to use?
Thanks for you input!
louisl
chayro
2,985 posts
 
I wouldn't worry about that with new speakers. Buy a set of herbies gliders so you can move them around easily and take some time to get used to the sonics. After a few months, you can experiment with couple/decouple or whatever floats your boat. I find that all the conventional wisdom doesn't mean squat in your room. It's all a matter of what sounds best to you.
ebm
9,311 posts
 
SYMPOSIUM PLATFORM will be the best by far!!
wolf_garcia
6,695 posts
 
I am a follower of the Anti Spike Movement, due to having tortured wood floors for years and then discovering that relatively inexpensive Vibrapods placed under my speakers make them sound better, in my room using my ears. Or, you could simply get ears and a room like mine, but maybe that's not so simple.
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geoffkait
23,365 posts
 
Couple onto the decoupler.
sunnyjim
927 posts
 
They got to be heavy suckers; I have the Adagios which are almost 90 lbs each. Depending on the dimensions of the bottom footprint, you may want to take a look at the Mapleshade Internet store collection of decoupling wood bases. Unfinished wood is less money. Also, check out a stone yard where you could get a marble slab cut to the size of the footprint. A one inch thickness should be sufficient. Good Luck!!
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