Decouple Speaker From Floor

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Decouple speaker from 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. I m not sure if that is the right term. 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.

I want to decouple ceilings from the floor above. Here s why you might want to reconsider. Or maybe you re going for a college chic aesthetic with everything from your mattress to your tv on the floor. Hello i have recently moved to new apartment and now face a strange problem.

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. However some give the impression that coupling the stands to the floor increases their effective mass and hence stops. Maybe you hate the way audio speaker stands look. If i am walking in one corner of apartment the vibration from steps can be felt in other corner.

Guess i ve probably come down on the side of those whose viewpoint is that we need to decouple the system from the floor. I have installed padding and carpet to calm down the footfalls. So we need to address the vibrations to the floor first. 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.

Whatever the reason plenty of people place their audio speakers on the floor. So we decouple the subwoofer. Or sometimes we are told that we need to couple our speakers to the floor with spikes. Rim joist would be hung on existing studs.

Now there are spikes and all kinds of other things but i m going to propose something else. The building is very old and wooden floor is too alive. Maybe you re scared your pets child will knock them down and damage your precious speakers. Banging the floor with foot gives you a sense that furniture and fixture is going down.