I was under the impression that this is the best option but now i am getting confused.
Decouple speaker from floor.
Whatever the reason plenty of people place their audio speakers on the floor.
I have the option of hanging fully decoupled ceiling via rim joist and joist hangers due to my current ceiling height.
Or sometimes we are told that we need to couple our speakers to the floor with spikes.
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.
Maybe you hate the way audio speaker stands look.
The one logical thing is to decouple the speakers from the stand itself.
I want to decouple ceilings from the floor above.
Or maybe you re going for a college chic aesthetic with everything from your mattress to your tv on the floor.
If i am walking in one corner of apartment the vibration from steps can be felt in other corner.
Here s why you might want to reconsider.
However some give the impression that coupling the stands to the floor increases their effective mass and hence stops.
Now there are spikes and all kinds of other things but i m going to propose something else.
I have installed padding and carpet to calm down the footfalls.
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.
Is this worse than hat channels.
Hello i have recently moved to new apartment and now face a strange problem.
Maybe you re scared your pets child will knock them down and damage your precious speakers.
So we decouple the subwoofer.
So we need to address the vibrations to the floor first.
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.
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.
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.