Decoupling Speakers


Next week, I plan to experiment with decoupling my speakers, which sit over a carpeted floor, over a concrete slab, over sandy soil.  The speakers are Aerial LR5s (105 pounds each), that are secured (bolted) to heavy (70 pounds each), steel, sand-filled, Sound Anchor Signature stands, which are currently coupled to the concrete floor using SA’s spikes.  I do not want to decouple the speaker cabinets from the stands since the stands act as outriggers for additional stability.  Plus, I believe the weight of the sand filled stands will help resist woofer movements and provide damping.  Therefore, my plan is to decouple the stands from the concrete floor.  Obviously, whatever I use will sit directly on the carpet.

I have sets of Herbie’s Giant Fat Gliders on the way but I would also be interested to hear from any who have heard the A/V Roomservice EVP vibration isolation pads used in a similar configuration to decouple speakers.  Below is a link to a discussion On the EVPs vs. Herbie’s but the comparison was to Tenderfeet, which I would not expect to perform anywhere near as well as the large DB Neutralizer pads in the Giant Fat Gliders.  I would like to compare the gliders with the EVP pads but the large pads I need would be $105 each x 8.  I know many like ISO Acoustics Gaia products but I want to keep a low profile under the SA stands so I have ruled those out, at least for now.

https://www.audioshark.org/vibration-isolation-devices-26/data-analysis-v-roomservice-evp-vibration-isolation-pad-17886.html


mitch2

Showing 2 responses by millercarbon

You could do all that. You could also use carpet tape. The front will be heavier than the back. Tape the four in the corners for stability, leave a 5th free to move for leveling.