I have 88 lbs monitors sitting on four legs of an open-topped stand. Each wooden leg is 1 3/4" x 1 3/4". After reading up extensively on the huge variety of different "interfaces" one could insert between the bottom of the speaker and the legs, I ended up with a reasonably thick layer of cork, the exact size of the top of the leg, with the less "slippy" side facing up, and the bottom side carpet-taped to keep it in place.
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
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