Decouple Speaker From Floor

Or maybe you re going for a college chic aesthetic with everything from your mattress to your tv on the floor.

Decouple speaker from floor.

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. However some give the impression that coupling the stands to the floor increases their effective mass and hence stops. 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.

The one logical thing is to decouple the speakers from the stand itself. Banging the floor with foot gives you a sense that furniture and fixture is going down. Now there are spikes and all kinds of other things but i m going to propose something else. I was under the impression that this is the best option but now i am getting confused.

Hello i have recently moved to new apartment and now face a strange problem. Rim joist would be hung on existing studs. Or at least do it in a more valid and musically engaging manner whatever the descriptive term. I have installed padding and carpet to calm down the footfalls.

Here s why you might want to reconsider. Guess i ve probably come down on the side of those whose viewpoint is that we need to decouple the system from the floor. Is this worse than hat channels. Or sometimes we are told that we need to couple our speakers to the floor with spikes.

If i am walking in one corner of apartment the vibration from steps can be felt in other corner. So we decouple the subwoofer. That s fairly straight forward as it stops transmissions radiating through the floor and to the listener prior to the airborne sound hitting them. Maybe you re scared your pets child will knock them down and damage your precious speakers.

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. Maybe you hate the way audio speaker stands look. 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.