@bpd24,
No reason to doubt your post, IE: the effectiveness.
When choosing a platform, I think the material depends on what one’s goals are. For me, in my room,...which is a torture chamber for getting great sound.....it’s a small room, my tt (wall mount) is less than 4’ from one of my full range speakers and sub,....so I’ve had a lot of experience in getting great/effective sound by innovative isolation methods.
So, regarding Maple, it’s a hard substance which effectively transmits audio frequency vibrations with a resulting great tone/sound. I want a platform that does just that. To me, the birch-ply probably stores more energy than the maple. I’m just guessing. Having said that, one may prefer the other within their own system priorities.
I just cut my new wall mount platform shelves today, in my long quest.
One out of solid maple butcher block, the other out of solid birch butcher block. The maple will be under my tts.
No reason to doubt your post, IE: the effectiveness.
When choosing a platform, I think the material depends on what one’s goals are. For me, in my room,...which is a torture chamber for getting great sound.....it’s a small room, my tt (wall mount) is less than 4’ from one of my full range speakers and sub,....so I’ve had a lot of experience in getting great/effective sound by innovative isolation methods.
So, regarding Maple, it’s a hard substance which effectively transmits audio frequency vibrations with a resulting great tone/sound. I want a platform that does just that. To me, the birch-ply probably stores more energy than the maple. I’m just guessing. Having said that, one may prefer the other within their own system priorities.
I just cut my new wall mount platform shelves today, in my long quest.
One out of solid maple butcher block, the other out of solid birch butcher block. The maple will be under my tts.