"Sir Chewbury Gubbins" wrote in message
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Keith G wrote:
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Is that possible?? ;-)
Good point....
Bring it on....
(If you had spent a few minutes browsing this group before you posted,
you
would have seen that 90% of the questions are inane.)
I did and I did but thought it polite to ask nonetheless ;-)
That's what threw me - we're not used to 'polite' in here! :-)
Ok, a
seemingly unrelated event - a couple of months ago, my house burned
down. No, really.
Fooky Norah!
Anyhoo, we're back in now and on the verge of
replacing my very nice hi-fi with a very nice hi-fi that isn't burned to
a crisp. Trouble is, my front room now has a laminate floor where it had
a carpet before.
So where's the problem? Well, her indoors won;t let me stick isolation
sppikes on the bottom of my speaker stands in case it marks the laminate
(which it certainly would once I'd hammered em in thoroughly).
The general consensus (according to google) seems to be to stick coins
between the spikes and the flooring. What do my esteemed colleagues
think?
Right a little bit of mass, I think, to help kill all that nasty resonance
from the floor itself.
Wot ewe need is a couple of nice plinfs made thusly:
Get a couple of nice 50mm thick granite pavings as close to the size of the
stand or speaker bases as you can (or cut to size with an angle grinder like
I did for my racks - see
http://www.apah69.dsl.pipex.com/keit...but/debut2.jpg for a fairly poor
pic, to get an idea), rub the sharp edges off (with a brick or summat or the
angle grinder if you have the skill), dust 'em off completely and paint them
all over with black vinyl* emulsion paint. (Dries in 20 mins if the slabs
are not wet.) Apply 2 coats for that 'lasting finish'.......
Then, using Unibond or Copydex (or similar) stick a thickish piece of 'floor
friendly' cloth (not too thick mind - green baize would be super-ideal) to
the underside of the slab (which you will have painted to seal the slab) all
neat and tidy like (keep it a quarter inch or so from the edges to avoid
unsightlyness) and Bob's your uncle**.
Spike your speakers down viciously (as normal) to your beautifully prepared
plinfs and you have a solution for life.
(Watch for signs of the missus sliding the speakers up and down to polish
the floor......)
:-)
*Sorry about that - slip of the tongue...... ;-)
**And Charlie's yer aunt.....
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