Subwoofer Footing - Connect or Isolate?


What is considered the best way to "foot" a subwoofer, should one try to connect it with the floor or isolate it? I have a REL 7i that I have firmly coupled to my wood floor with the weight of a 42 lb curling stone, mainly because it looks cool. Would some sort of isolation be better and reduce resonance from the floor, or could the connection with the floor help "drain" resonance from the subwoofer cabinet?
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Showing 1 response by erik_squires

Somewhere Richard Vandersteen posted an excellent article on speaker isolation and he makes a very good point I've made before:

You want to prevent the speaker's ability from moving back and forth.  The forces of the drivers push against the cabinet and can cause it to move, which is audible even when there's very little of it.

So, I would stick to IsoAcoustic style of pucks for a subwoofer and nothing more springy.