Wood is our Friend

[colinB]

Is it not better to de couple from a wooden floor?
I used to use blu tak then paving slab the speakers.

I use partingtons half filled with sand on spikes on Atacama cup things and get a lot of vibration through the floor. I use blu tac under the speakers too.

[Thing Fish]

Seems to me there are no rules when it comes to perceived sound.

Some decouple, some don't.

Some clamp, Some don't.

Some direct, Some belt.

Some analogue, Some digital.

Some Valve, Some transistor.

Bla bla bla bla bla..........

Basically the rules of sound club are -

1. There are no rules.
2. There are no rules.
3. There are no rules.

If you like it you like it.
If you don't then you don't. Simples...

[colinB]

Can be an expensive business trying things out when theres no difinitive rules.
I did just make a subwoofer platform for a tenner that made a big difference so im feeling pretty smug at the moment. It sort of cancels out some of the expensive mistakes ive made in the past.

[colinB]

Sorry i forgot i mentioned my platform already. Memory is going a bit

[Cliff]

Is it not better to de couple from a wooden floor?
I used to use blu tak then paving slab the speakers.

In my set-up the spike is coupled to the disc and the disc decouples from floor, somewhat.

As far as absolutes or rules for audio, I can think of a few.

Wood sounds better than concrete or most other materials.

NOS tubes always sound better than tubes produced after about 1980.

Paper speaker drivers sound more human that exotic material drivers.

Tweeters suck.

Analog is more satisfying than digital, for music.

Cheers,
Cliff

[Rare Bird]

Seems to me there are no rules when it comes to perceived sound.

Some decouple, some don't.

Some clamp, Some don't.

Some direct, Some belt.

Some analogue, Some digital.

Some Valve, Some transistor.

Bla bla bla bla bla..........

Basically the rules of sound club are -

1. There are no rules.
2. There are no rules.
3. There are no rules.

If you like it you like it.
If you don't then you don't. Simples...

+1

[Cliff]

Andre, I can't get your agreement on even one of my axioms?

What about "tweeters suck"? Surely that isn't controversial.

[Rare Bird]

Depends which tweeters

[Cliff]

You are right: that axiom needs amending.

I don't like tweeters, and nobody (should) like tweeters that sound like tweeters.

I think that is better.

[colinB]

Agree on paper cones. Always gone back to them as they sound the most natural to me.