Primalsea
11-11-2017, 10:49
Here’s something interetsing. Upuntil yesterday I had some silicone pucks under my speaker stands. My wooden floor is rustic oak and so not very even. Spikes damage the wood and the silicone pucks are soft so prtect the floor and compensate forthe uneveness.
https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4499/26408941009_bb518c4107_c.jpg
They looked a bit ugly so I drilled some 12mm holes in the base and push-fitted some M10 hex head cap screws into the holes so that the threads pointed downwards. I then screwed on some M10 dome nuts. The domes wont damage the floor and as the height is adjustable I can get the stands not to rock back and forth.
https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4551/37614487234_18603b8bb0_c.jpg
What I wasn’t really expecting was the difference that it made to the imaging and dynamics! It has really tidied it up. So there is definitely something in stand design and coupling / isolation. I didnt do this to change the way the speakers sounded I dont it to make the stands look better, so I wasn’t looking for an audiable result.
Another tweak that was just really an experiment that has seemed to work out well are these:
https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4572/26555114969_599fc4cc29_c.jpg
I noticed that some tweaters have a mesh dome covering them, which I guessed was to aid with dispersion. I knocked these up using some thin mesh and curtain rings. They have been stuck on with small bits of double-sided tape.
This was interesting too. I was listening to music while I put these one and as soon as I placed the domes over the tweater I noticed a differece. I moved the domes away and then back again a few times and there was certainly somethign different happening. When I stuck both on there really did seem to be an improvement in imaging again.
The domes were made from stuff I had laying around, so didnt really cost anything. The fixings for the feet cost around £10, so not bad in the cost:performance ratio department :).
https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4499/26408941009_bb518c4107_c.jpg
They looked a bit ugly so I drilled some 12mm holes in the base and push-fitted some M10 hex head cap screws into the holes so that the threads pointed downwards. I then screwed on some M10 dome nuts. The domes wont damage the floor and as the height is adjustable I can get the stands not to rock back and forth.
https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4551/37614487234_18603b8bb0_c.jpg
What I wasn’t really expecting was the difference that it made to the imaging and dynamics! It has really tidied it up. So there is definitely something in stand design and coupling / isolation. I didnt do this to change the way the speakers sounded I dont it to make the stands look better, so I wasn’t looking for an audiable result.
Another tweak that was just really an experiment that has seemed to work out well are these:
https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4572/26555114969_599fc4cc29_c.jpg
I noticed that some tweaters have a mesh dome covering them, which I guessed was to aid with dispersion. I knocked these up using some thin mesh and curtain rings. They have been stuck on with small bits of double-sided tape.
This was interesting too. I was listening to music while I put these one and as soon as I placed the domes over the tweater I noticed a differece. I moved the domes away and then back again a few times and there was certainly somethign different happening. When I stuck both on there really did seem to be an improvement in imaging again.
The domes were made from stuff I had laying around, so didnt really cost anything. The fixings for the feet cost around £10, so not bad in the cost:performance ratio department :).