darrenyeats;391611 Wrote: > I agree coupling is good if you have a concrete floor. In Europe, > especially in the UK, a lot of floors are wooden boards especially on > upper levels. These boards tend to vibrate a lot so I use spikes and > coins under my speakers which decouples them very effectively. The > cabinets do weigh 25-30kg though. > > What you say is fine in the right circumstances, but I believe it > depends on the context. > > I had concrete floors previously and then I tried to couple the > speakers with the floor. Not only was that the best thing for the > concrete floor, the concrete floor was just better all round. Wooden > floors are not ideal IMO (but I'm stuck with them). > Darren
I did say that there are small exceptions and its up to what the listener likes in the end. Because after all, it is what sounds "Good" to the listener that matters. The point was that spikes are for coupling, not decoupling, no matter how ones listening pleasure ends up using them in the end. The spikes are for keeping the speaker from moving on carpet or any other flooring because of Newton's Law. That's what I was saying. -- iPhone *iPhone* 'Last.FM' (http://www.last.fm/user/mephone) Media Room: Transporter, VTL TL-6.5 Signature Pre-Amp, Ayre MX-R Mono's, Vandersteen Quatro, VeraStarr 6.4SE 6-channel Amp, VCC-5 Reference Center, four VSM-1 Signatures, Runco RS 900 CineWide AutoScope 2.35:1 Living Room: Duet, ADCOM GTP-870HD, Cinepro 3K6SE III Gold, Vandersteen Model 3A Signature, Two 2Wq subs, VCC-2, Two VSM-1 Kitchen: Squeezebox BOOM Bedroom: SB3, GFR-700HD, Thiel 2.3, Second Boom Home Office: SB3, NAD C370, two VSM-1 Home Gym: SB3, Parasound Vamp v.3, Thiel PowerPoint 1.2 Mobile: SB3, Audioengine A5 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ iPhone's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=13622 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=59052 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
