"Dave Plowman (News)" wrote in message
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Doki wrote:
Has anyone got any experience and suggestions of DIY methods of
isolating speakers from the floor? I'm looking to do it to reduce the
amount of noise transferred through the floor to downstairs, rather
than as a method of altering sound quality.

Makes little difference - the sound waves produced by the speaker will
still go through the floor.

Bah. I was of the impression that most speaker stands deliberately attempt
to couple the speaker to the floor to alter sound quality / quantity. My
first thought was to stick the speakers / stands on something heavy, and
stick the stack of speakers and heavy thing on a rubber mat, with the hope
that the weight of the heavy thing would absorb some of the energy.

P'raps I should get some of eggbox foam - some of the lads did survey work
in some anechoic chambers and apparently you could bearly hear each other
unless you were face to face.

In article ,
Doki wrote:

"Dave Plowman (News)" wrote in message
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In article ,
Doki wrote:
Has anyone got any experience and suggestions of DIY methods of
isolating speakers from the floor? I'm looking to do it to reduce the
amount of noise transferred through the floor to downstairs, rather
than as a method of altering sound quality.

Makes little difference - the sound waves produced by the speaker will
still go through the floor.

Bah. I was of the impression that most speaker stands deliberately
attempt to couple the speaker to the floor to alter sound quality /
quantity.

That's a different argument.

My first thought was to stick the speakers / stands on
something heavy, and stick the stack of speakers and heavy thing on a
rubber mat, with the hope that the weight of the heavy thing would
absorb some of the energy.

A thick and heavy mat covering the whole floor would be more like it.
Although mainly for higher frequencies.

P'raps I should get some of eggbox foam - some of the lads did survey
work in some anechoic chambers and apparently you could bearly hear each
other unless you were face to face.

That was to treat the acoustics of the room and will have little effect
on sound transmission in/out of it, especially at LF. For that you need
mass - lots of it.

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"Dave Plowman (News)" wrote in message
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That was to treat the acoustics of the room and will have little effect
on sound transmission in/out of it, especially at LF. For that you need
mass - lots of it.

Righto. The building looks very much like a CLASP style of construction, so
I suspect the best bet will be to give the neighbours my number and ask them
to ring me if it's annoying them. Having been present for the demolition of
CLASP buildings, I don't have much hope of listening to music at a decent
volume.