Decouple Speaker From Floor

Now there are spikes and all kinds of other things but i m going to propose something else.

Decouple speaker from floor.

The one logical thing is to decouple the speakers from the stand itself. Maybe you hate the way audio speaker stands look. I m not sure if that is the right term. So we decouple the subwoofer.

Or maybe you re going for a college chic aesthetic with everything from your mattress to your tv on the floor. That s fairly straight forward as it stops transmissions radiating through the floor and to the listener prior to the airborne sound hitting them. You will have to keep in mind that audio coupling works both ways if your speaker is coupled to the floor it will transmit vibrations to the floor but the floor will also transfer. Or at least do it in a more valid and musically engaging manner whatever the descriptive term.

Banging the floor with foot gives you a sense that furniture and fixture is going down. If i am walking in one corner of apartment the vibration from steps can be felt in other corner. The building is very old and wooden floor is too alive. Is this worse than hat channels.

Or sometimes we are told that we need to couple our speakers to the floor with spikes. I have the option of hanging fully decoupled ceiling via rim joist and joist hangers due to my current ceiling height. Hello i have recently moved to new apartment and now face a strange problem. Whatever the reason plenty of people place their audio speakers on the floor.

Here s why you might want to reconsider. I have installed padding and carpet to calm down the footfalls. I was under the impression that this is the best option but now i am getting confused. Maybe you re scared your pets child will knock them down and damage your precious speakers.

However some give the impression that coupling the stands to the floor increases their effective mass and hence stops. So we need to address the vibrations to the floor first. Rim joist would be hung on existing studs. 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.