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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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@mijostyn --

The last thing you want to do is put a subwoofer on springs. At some low frequency it will start shaking. Vibration/shaking in any speaker equals distortion.

@avanti1960 --

Speakers and subwoofers like to be solidly mounted to add structure to the enclosure, they do not like to be in micro motion.

+1 to both. 
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