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Down-firing Sub makes floor rattle

I just bought a ml dynamo sub. it is a great sub but it makes the floor rattle. i only use it for music so it is annoying..how do i fix this? i don't have it on the attached spikes as of yet....it is on the attached stand with rubber feet. would the spikes solve this? or should i just put something under the sub? this sub can also front fire, but i'd like to use it down-firing.......the carpet is very thin and maybe this is the problem?

thanks
cooch

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alextychkin
87 posts
 
And that's exactly the reason why for music one wants to get a front-firing sub with side radiators, something like Totem Thunder, for example.
alextychkin
87 posts
 
Room vibrations, that I understand, as in interacting with room acoustics. Floor vibration - that's a different story, it seems. Decoupling, proper placement etc, I am sure, could help to minimize the effect of the down-firing sub rattle. Personally, I've never had good luck with those, in real life environments. Floor, furniture...everything tends to vibrate more with down-firing subs,that's in addition to the usually less musical, overbearing bass quality. IMO, of course
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