I would expect you to have negative results trying to 'decouple' your speakers with damping material (ie. vibrapods). Keep in mind you want to keep your speaker cabnets from moving at all - you only want the cones to move - not the cabnets. That's one reason cabnets are often heavily damped and mini monitors have sand filled stands. The only way is to spike them or add a lot of mass to them. Electronics is another story. I think spiking or decoupling is determined by the floor it's on. A slab concrete floor allows spiking of electronics and stands. I've found that spiking cabnets to weak subfloors can actually make thinks worse. (The floor is set into motion from the speakers, then this vibration is transmitted up into the electonics.) Therefore, on wood floors, spike the speakers and decouple everything else.
Cones, spikes, or vibrapods for heavy sp
Any opinions out there on what to use under a pair of heavy (>110 lb each) speakers? Cones, spikes, or vibrapods, or something else? Read very good things about vibrapods recently, anyone with experience? Have hard wood floors, so prefer not to use spikes. These are full range tower speakers with bass extending below 30 Hz. I think I am leaning towards trying the vibrapods, but there is so much else out there. Your comments, suggestions, and input would be appreciated. Thanks.