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Just how much do speakers suppose to vibrate?

I have a pair of Totem Staff speakers and when I play music with some bass content I can feel the top of the speakers vibrating to some degree. I like the sound of the speakers and I just wonder if the speakers suppose to vibrate this way. I do not play music very loud (around 85 dB peaks) and yes I tried stuffing the lower chamber with sand, but I did not like the result. Also I tried putting some iron weights over the top of the speakers and the vibrations lessen about half (this according with a vibrometer app for android). According to the vibrometer the vibrations go as high as  IV in the Modified Mercalli Intensity Scale. Is this level of vibrations normal for this speakers? Also I should mention that the speakers are spiked directly to the floor which is compose of tiles over concrete.
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czarivey
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I remember the funny scene from the movie "Private Parts" when Howard asked ladies to sit down on their subwoofer when he was humming very low into his studio microphone LOL.
czarivey
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Thanks Spenser for bringing up Beak topic.

Beak indeed is a cool Totem tweak that works magic over their small foot-print speakers including Totem Forest. I also found that it does hefty on adjusting the image symmetry and can be played around. Not necessary position of beaks should be symmetrical per each speaker. 

Well, I have couple of these I don't need. They don't really work on my Aerial 10t giants simply because the surface there isn't flat. Beak works best when upright. I know that it's not appropriate, but would entertain personal messages if anyone interested.


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