Putting weights on speakers?


IME, putting 20 lb ankle weights on my 150 lb speakers greatly tightened and improved the bass and sound overall. Only problem is that the wife hates it... 
mglik

Showing 2 responses by avanti1960

basically you added mass and therefore reduced the natural frequency of the enclosures. 
is there a limit to heading in this direction where the sound becomes something we do not car for?  
example- Magico aluminum enclosure speakers and subwoofers.  
somehow the bass response of these speakers was foreign and disorganized.  the midrange and treble were phenomenal but the bass was horrible.  i suspect that the enclosure was too rigid and actually causing the drivers to resonate.  just a guess.

if we made enclosures from concrete, would the same thing happen?  

i believe we are used to a certain amount of cabinet resonance and like what it does for the sound.