We import Ingress footers into the U.K., available for free test drives if interested.
Our best set up so far, consists of three Ingress cup and rollers with titanium balls arranged in an equilateral triangle around the centre of mass of the component sitting on top of a 30mm thick plate of slate which is cut square on plan. This in turn sits on 12 inch diameter inner tubes inflated to around 3 psi. We use a digital gauge. We have found tubes by Specialized to keep their inflation better than some other brands.
Result: massive improvements in sound quality, one of the best and cheapest upgrades you can make imo. We sell other brands of better known isolators but they don’t come close to this set up. If you are concerned about losing air in the tube overtime then you could use something like IsoAcoustics Orea’s but they don’t work as well as the tubes in this set up and only cost £3 each. Geoff’s springs might be the answer under the slate platform, I will try.
We also use Ingress footers in a double cup arrangement under our solid maple audio furniture to further isolate. If your speakers don’t have an effective isolation system (like spikes for example) then the Ingress footers should be used there as well. We have no need because the Boenicke speakers we sell have a built in swing base system which comprises of a metal bridge which is hung from cables with a ceramic roller ball and bronze cup arrangement built into the front underside of the speakers. This works a treat.
Btw we are looking into cementing on another valve on the outside of the tubes so it would then be possible to inflate without moving the equipment.
Our best set up so far, consists of three Ingress cup and rollers with titanium balls arranged in an equilateral triangle around the centre of mass of the component sitting on top of a 30mm thick plate of slate which is cut square on plan. This in turn sits on 12 inch diameter inner tubes inflated to around 3 psi. We use a digital gauge. We have found tubes by Specialized to keep their inflation better than some other brands.
Result: massive improvements in sound quality, one of the best and cheapest upgrades you can make imo. We sell other brands of better known isolators but they don’t come close to this set up. If you are concerned about losing air in the tube overtime then you could use something like IsoAcoustics Orea’s but they don’t work as well as the tubes in this set up and only cost £3 each. Geoff’s springs might be the answer under the slate platform, I will try.
We also use Ingress footers in a double cup arrangement under our solid maple audio furniture to further isolate. If your speakers don’t have an effective isolation system (like spikes for example) then the Ingress footers should be used there as well. We have no need because the Boenicke speakers we sell have a built in swing base system which comprises of a metal bridge which is hung from cables with a ceramic roller ball and bronze cup arrangement built into the front underside of the speakers. This works a treat.
Btw we are looking into cementing on another valve on the outside of the tubes so it would then be possible to inflate without moving the equipment.