I am a Electrostatic Speaker user for many years and in the past few years have used occasionally a Three Way Floor Stander.
To get the best from the Floor Standers during earlier occasions of use I have used various Sub Plinths,
that in the end become a Two Tier Sub Plinth,
using a highly compressed Chip Board as the Base Tier, that is Spike Foot coupled through Carpet to a Concrete Screed Floor.
A 40mm Thick Granite Slab is the Top Tier, that is Spike Foot Coupled to the Chipboard.
The Materials chose in the Sub Plinths were selected from a variety of used materials.
The Speakers were seated directly onto the Granite and as an alternative seated with onto the Granite with Spike Coupled Feet.
The Speakers were at their best 'in my view' when the Spikes were used as feet.
When used during this time period, I also had a selection of Dumbbell Weights seated on the top of each Speaker Cabinet.
I recall that by moving the weights off centre into different positions had the effect that I would refer to as a attenuation and could produce a very slight change in how the sound is being perceived.
Very recently I reintroduced the Speakers into the System, they were allowed to see the light of day after a long term storage and used in the New Listening Room Space I have recently created.
I worked my way methodically through their Setting Up and settled for the above set up.
It was for myself, being perceived as being correct in many ways, the result being,
the Speakers were much more impressive in the New Room, when recollections of their previous usage were taken into account.
I am yet to add the Weights to the Top of the Cabinets
I had a opportunity to trial the Speaker Set Up a little further, using a change to a footer, the good impression they were making was a stimulus for the extra investigation.
I had produced similar things for others in their Home Systems and the impression made was enough for those who experienced to create similar Set Up using either Townsend or Gaia Footers
I Seated the Speakers onto Audio Technica AT-616 Pneumatic Feet and was left thoroughly captivated, the effect on the SQ was not expected.
The impact they were having on the SQ was quite noticeable and further enhanced my already good impression.
I have one more trial to undertake, which is to protect the AT 616 Top Surface and Place them under the Speakers Spiked Feet.
I will say the Spiked Footers under the Speakers when used on the Two Tier Sub Plinth Set Up is allowing for a imaging and Soundstage with a defined edge. ( A Electrostatic Mimic )
The AT-616 have blurred the edges ’very slightly’, giving a richness to the presentation with a noticeable weight underpinning the performers.
The Soundstage is now perceived without a Boundary and the experience has that added effect of being more honest / believable. ( This has made such a impression on me, afgter Twenty Plus Years of Electrostatics, they are now in Storage, allowing for myself to get the most from this Set Up )
To get the best from the Floor Standers during earlier occasions of use I have used various Sub Plinths,
that in the end become a Two Tier Sub Plinth,
using a highly compressed Chip Board as the Base Tier, that is Spike Foot coupled through Carpet to a Concrete Screed Floor.
A 40mm Thick Granite Slab is the Top Tier, that is Spike Foot Coupled to the Chipboard.
The Materials chose in the Sub Plinths were selected from a variety of used materials.
The Speakers were seated directly onto the Granite and as an alternative seated with onto the Granite with Spike Coupled Feet.
The Speakers were at their best 'in my view' when the Spikes were used as feet.
When used during this time period, I also had a selection of Dumbbell Weights seated on the top of each Speaker Cabinet.
I recall that by moving the weights off centre into different positions had the effect that I would refer to as a attenuation and could produce a very slight change in how the sound is being perceived.
Very recently I reintroduced the Speakers into the System, they were allowed to see the light of day after a long term storage and used in the New Listening Room Space I have recently created.
I worked my way methodically through their Setting Up and settled for the above set up.
It was for myself, being perceived as being correct in many ways, the result being,
the Speakers were much more impressive in the New Room, when recollections of their previous usage were taken into account.
I am yet to add the Weights to the Top of the Cabinets
I had a opportunity to trial the Speaker Set Up a little further, using a change to a footer, the good impression they were making was a stimulus for the extra investigation.
I had produced similar things for others in their Home Systems and the impression made was enough for those who experienced to create similar Set Up using either Townsend or Gaia Footers
I Seated the Speakers onto Audio Technica AT-616 Pneumatic Feet and was left thoroughly captivated, the effect on the SQ was not expected.
The impact they were having on the SQ was quite noticeable and further enhanced my already good impression.
I have one more trial to undertake, which is to protect the AT 616 Top Surface and Place them under the Speakers Spiked Feet.
I will say the Spiked Footers under the Speakers when used on the Two Tier Sub Plinth Set Up is allowing for a imaging and Soundstage with a defined edge. ( A Electrostatic Mimic )
The AT-616 have blurred the edges ’very slightly’, giving a richness to the presentation with a noticeable weight underpinning the performers.
The Soundstage is now perceived without a Boundary and the experience has that added effect of being more honest / believable. ( This has made such a impression on me, afgter Twenty Plus Years of Electrostatics, they are now in Storage, allowing for myself to get the most from this Set Up )