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9th March 2008, 07:32 PM
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| Gear interested Join Date: Mar 2008
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| How about floating the speakers? Hi, I have been thinking... Is it a good idea to float the speakers? I know people say you should use rigid stands, but how about putting your speakers on springs? Or hanging them from the ceiling using resilient hangers, or using magnetical floating like this: PS Audio - Tips & Tricks ? This would surely eliminate the need for heavy speaker stands... |
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10th March 2008, 09:21 PM
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| Lives for gear  Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: New Milford, CT, USA
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|  People seem to report good results using Primacoustic's Recoil Stabilizer.
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1st April 2008, 04:02 AM
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| Gear nut Join Date: Mar 2005
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| I'd be careful with springs- You could be introducing un wanted resonances. . . .that Idea with the tennis balls is pretty cool though |
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1st April 2008, 04:13 AM
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| Gear maniac Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Whittier, CA
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| I floated some Event 8's years ago and didn't sound all that bad but did not help much either. I had them on four chains hanging from big eye hooks in the ceiling and they were on boards with the foam Primacoustics holders. It really was a long time ago so can't remember what the overall effect was but now my setup is Dynaudio AIR 15's and you can see my placement in my small control room here MySpace.com - EarWitnessStudios - 33 - Male - WHITTIER, California - www.myspace.com/earwitness word sam |
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1st April 2008, 04:16 AM
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| Lives for gear  Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: seattle, WA
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| barry diament has his "floating" on ballbearings system: Vibration control for better performance |
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2nd April 2008, 01:56 PM
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| Gear maniac  Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Burlington, Vermont USA
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| All my speakers are on 50 durometer sorbothane pads. You can buy a 12"x12" sheet from mcmaster-carr.com, cut it into 1.5" squares and have enough to do a 5.1 room as well as mains. Sorbothane is a soft polyurethane product that compresses, dampens and has incredible resiliency. think of a 1" thick Dr. Scholls shoe insert. The stuff works great.
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2nd April 2008, 05:17 PM
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There were no resonance issues, and they were out of the way enough to make room for more studio real-estate. Would I do it again - probably not. Unless I had a similar situation and couldn't find a better solution. IMO, good stands are better.
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2nd April 2008, 09:18 PM
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| Lives for gear  Join Date: May 2004 Location: Hamilton, On Canada
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| What are alternatives you are thinking of? Genelec recommends speakers in soffits be either securely attached or "floating on 8 Hz spring systems. Andre |
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