Granite Under Speakers Over A Wood Floor

rcm1960@msn.com: please disclose your association with audio points and sistrum racks. you post as if you're a civilian. i suspect you are not.

brulee: thanks, i read the post to which you referred. sorry, but i find it objectionable for an "anonymous" manufacturer to post what appear to be testimonials from end users, such as the one on this thread. these posts are, in fact, free "commercials" for the product being touted. they don't belong on this site unless they are clearly described as advertisements. just my opinion, FWIW.

robert: this one's for you.

a sargent, returning from a scouting party, gallops breathlessly into general custer's encampment at little big horn. he announces,"general, i've got some good news ands some bad news." the general replies,"well, i guess you'd better give me the bad news first." says the sargent, "we're surrounded by 15,000 warriors of the siuox nation and we're all about to meet our maker." incredulous, general custer asks, "good lord man if that's the bad news, what's the good news?" says the sargent, "well, at least we won't have to ride back home through nebraska."

no i'm not from the cornhusker state (NB: one word, no apostrophe; wouldn't write can nuck's, eh). i still count iowa as my home, tho i've lived in colorado since 1975. i'll withold further judgment on your posts until you explain what the hell you're makin' & sellin' besides those metal pointy things and racks with clever clefs. -kelly

Robert C. Maicks: as ceo of star sound technologies, llc, you must get to pick the company's theme song, eh? i'd suggest you listen to track 4 of mark knopfler's latest cd, "sailing to philadelphia." just so you don't hafta look it up your busy little self or, shudder, call in any chits from all your fabulously sucessful years in the record biz, the name of the cut is "baloney again." cheers! thecornfedboynotofnebraskaoranyotherstateaboutwhichbrucehaseverwritten

the folks at avalon acoustics recommend using marble about 1" thick or less & cut 4" wider and deeper than the speaker's footprint (this for the opus, which has an active down-firing woofer and bottom port). they also advise the use of supplied spikes for decoupling. this notion apparently came from an avolon owner who lives in a nyc loft that has wooden floors; he cut out the wood beneath his speakers and replaced it with marble. now that's a true audiophile!