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?
zlone

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zlone,
Considering everybody’s system and room differences not to mention their personal taste, there aren’t many subwoofer absolutes. Just go for it.
Placing some form of suspension under your sub can be a very inexpensive and an interesting experiment. If you do, you may want to experiment with adjusting the gain.

My 66 VW convertible can be seen in the August 1992 edition of Hot VWs on page 75. oldvymec is right. Even thought the convertibles body work was produced by Karman sophistication of the doors are in the eyes of the beholder.

I’v had a couple in the house and get a kick out of REL’s wishful -6dB advertised frequency response.
Have fun with it.