The one logical thing is to decouple the speakers from the stand itself.
Decouple speaker from floor.
Or sometimes we are told that we need to couple our speakers to the floor with spikes.
Now there are spikes and all kinds of other things but i m going to propose something else.
Maybe you re scared your pets child will knock them down and damage your precious speakers.
Is this worse than hat channels.
You may be wondering why you may wish to decouple your speaker if the attached material can become part of the speaker and help add to the sound emission.
So we have this vibration which couples directly with the floor if you set it on the floor then obviously we have the pressure generated from the subwoofer itself.
Or at least do it in a more valid and musically engaging manner whatever the descriptive term.
If i am walking in one corner of apartment the vibration from steps can be felt in other corner.
Or maybe you re going for a college chic aesthetic with everything from your mattress to your tv on the floor.
Rim joist would be hung on existing studs.
I m not sure if that is the right term.
Whatever the reason plenty of people place their audio speakers on the floor.
Here s why you might want to reconsider.
That s fairly straight forward as it stops transmissions radiating through the floor and to the listener prior to the airborne sound hitting them.
Guess i ve probably come down on the side of those whose viewpoint is that we need to decouple the system from the floor.
The building is very old and wooden floor is too alive.
I have installed padding and carpet to calm down the footfalls.
I have the option of hanging fully decoupled ceiling via rim joist and joist hangers due to my current ceiling height.
So we need to address the vibrations to the floor first.
Hello i have recently moved to new apartment and now face a strange problem.
So we decouple the subwoofer.
I want to decouple ceilings from the floor above.
Maybe you hate the way audio speaker stands look.
I was under the impression that this is the best option but now i am getting confused.