I agree with the decouple/pads approach suggested by others here and I have had good luck with damped springs, such as sold by Townshend. If you want to try it without spending a lot you could consider an elastomer solution (basically another type of damped spring) or a less expensive spring solution like this or this to get started.
Pads or Spikes?
Perhaps you can help?
Quite a few currently sold speakers utilize four spikes on the bottom of the speaker. I have a tile floor with a large area rug. My speakers however are on the tile. The question is are speaker pads better than spikes? If so, what brand of pads are recommended? Thank you!
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Years ago our living room was on a ground level concrete slab. Spiked feet on my heavy speakers worked great. My current living room is a suspended frame floor with carpeted sheathing.... the same spikes on the same speakers just exaggerated the resonance of the floor, and bass was boomy and ill-defined. Spring pucks worked much better in that situation. YMMV. As @hilde45 says, "do something" and see.... |
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