However some give the impression that coupling the stands to the floor increases their effective mass and hence stops.
Decouple speaker from floor.
I m not sure if that is the right term.
That s fairly straight forward as it stops transmissions radiating through the floor and to the listener prior to the airborne sound hitting them.
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.
I have the option of hanging fully decoupled ceiling via rim joist and joist hangers due to my current ceiling height.
Here s why you might want to reconsider.
Now there are spikes and all kinds of other things but i m going to propose something else.
Or at least do it in a more valid and musically engaging manner whatever the descriptive term.
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.
Maybe you re scared your pets child will knock them down and damage your precious speakers.
Rim joist would be hung on existing studs.
I want to decouple ceilings from the floor above.
Banging the floor with foot gives you a sense that furniture and fixture is going down.
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.
Or sometimes we are told that we need to couple our speakers to the floor with spikes.
Hello i have recently moved to new apartment and now face a strange problem.
So we need to address the vibrations to the floor first.
Maybe you hate the way audio speaker stands look.
So we decouple the subwoofer.
The one logical thing is to decouple the speakers from the stand itself.
If i am walking in one corner of apartment the vibration from steps can be felt in other corner.
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.
I have installed padding and carpet to calm down the footfalls.
Whatever the reason plenty of people place their audio speakers on the floor.