Granite Under Speakers Over A Wood Floor

There might be a way to go ahead and use spikes or granite or prozac tablets (GOOD ONE, elgordo, but wouldn't that be lithium?) on your wood floors without marring them. Most woodworking adhesives will not bond to a finish. It's S.O.P. in the trade to put a little finish on exposed parts near glue lines prior to assembly to avoid glue contamination of the raw wood and uneven absorption of the finish after assembly. The glue is simply shaved or struck off with a scraper. PVA glues like Elmer's white or yellow or perhaps better, polyurethane glues like Gorilla could be puddled over carefully marked area where the points would contact the floor. The polyurethane or varnish finish would keep the glue from making a permanent bond even after years and any marring could be burnished out with the BACK of a piece of sandpaper. The caveat would be whether the weighted point of the spikes or cones would eventually work through the glue. Alternatively, for existing damage, Mohawk Industries makes colored shellac sticks which are melted into a finish for spot repairs, again using the back of the paper to blend. I buy mine from a distributor but they have a website or the sticks are available to the public from Garrett Wade in N.Y., also on the web. Perhaps someone with the time and need would experiment with Elmer's, a finished board, some spikes and weights.

Kitch29: As the patriot said at Woodstock - "Give me Librium or give me Meth".

Hello again Cornfedboy,

What in the world are we selling besides those pointy things? Or what have we actually discovered about music and dynamics within the recording and musical playback processes?

First off I believe it best to explain what our company does and how we have positioned ourselves in the Specialty Audio Industry.

We are primarily a research and development company specializing in resonance control for both professional and consumer audio/video products. In addition we are capable of reducing noise and expanding fuel efficiency on products used in various commercial machinery.

We have ‘on call’ three mechanical engineers (all graduates of Lehigh University, PA – Materials Science, CAD Specialist and Computer Design); a DEE from MIT, a computer science engineer from China, a metallurgist and lead designer (with quite a gift) along with associated support personnel.

My personal background in music was spent within the recording sciences and sound reinforcement. The earlier part of my life was spent as a sound engineer working through endless studio recording sessions with twelve years of active touring amongst a host of internationally known musicians.

That said, we feel we have the ability and experience to open new avenues for the audiophile/videophile to discover exactly how much more quality they have already built into their systems design and equipment through controlling multiple types of detrimental resonance.

The primary focus of our research, within the audio/video field, has produced a newfound method of dealing with resonance (electrical, mechanical and the ‘huge’ air-borne variety), removing it and at the same time retaining all the dynamics related to the recording and playback processes.

For years we were always placing foam on walls, applying lead, sand, rubber, etc. (absorption materials) on equipment and thinking we were attaining a better sound quality.

We were never fans of the isolation theories, as we have never come up with a formula that had the ability to isolate equipment from air-borne resonance.

I do not have the time to type a book as we are leaving that up to the two PHD’s (Chaotic Vibration) and Universities we recently began working with. Our team has produced a formula that removes resonance from acoustical and electrical equipment by sending the energy via high-speed calculated conductive pathways to earth’s ground retaining the dynamics otherwise destroyed via the absorption methods.

The results of this process bring to the audiophile a ‘key’ ingredient that no wire; component upgrade or loudspeaker can produce. Due to the Patent process we are involved with, I can not disclose all, but you can contact me 1-877-668-4332 (toll free). I will provide as much information as I am legally permitted.

Better yet, you can always try the product. We have always returned the investment (in full) should a client not be totally satisfied with our products.

My experience in recording music and voice has made me realize one “very important characteristic” with regards to human hearing and that is no one hears alike. In fact the margin of distance between what you think one hears and what actually exists produces a greater - g a p – than the distance between the furrows in the corn field.

At times I was paid more for engineering a recording for what I thought was the worst material I ever laid down, but the producer loved it. He paid the bill so who was I to argue. Believe me there is a wider difference in the way each individual hears sounds and listens than one can imagine.

This is why this Specialty Audio Industry continues to exist, not manufacturer’s products or scientific discoveries and techniques just noting differences.

If you really think we are phonies, as I am led to believe from your posts, why not pick up the phone and bring us your questions instead of jumping on the bandwagon of others.

If I can not answer ‘all’ of your questions we have the personnel who will. If you wish not to reply, that is OK too.

I will answer all questions asked of our company and me. All I ask in return is the patience to await my reply. Our Audio Points™ product recently passed the quarter million mark and we are involved with more people each and every day. I also have to answer to our dealers and existing clients as well.

Very truly yours,

Robert C. Maicks
CEO Star Sound Technologies, LLC

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

robert, i tink cornfedboy's objections stemmed not so much from the issue of whether or not y'all are fonies, but from the fact that, until yer *cover* was blown on on this thread, y'all were tryin' to come across as non-professional, disinterested end-users, who yust really like the product.

yust my opinion, doug s.