Concrete pavers seemed to do the trick.
For those who read my other thread on this..
The concrete pavers seemed to do the trick! I put them under my speaker stands and immediately noticed an improvement in the bass response and overall clarity. I've still got a long way to go in making the room audio-friendly, but this was a good first step. There's basically nothing else in the room, nothing over the windows, etc., so I think once that's taken care of it will sound good to me again. I appreciate everyone's help!
Jason
The concrete pavers seemed to do the trick! I put them under my speaker stands and immediately noticed an improvement in the bass response and overall clarity. I've still got a long way to go in making the room audio-friendly, but this was a good first step. There's basically nothing else in the room, nothing over the windows, etc., so I think once that's taken care of it will sound good to me again. I appreciate everyone's help!
Jason
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so under the speaker stands have you one under the sub ??
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I tried this and then decided against it.
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No sub. Just speakers.
It really tightened up the bass. Big difference. It's obvious that there is much less vibrational energy being transmitted through the floor and walls, now.
As I said, the room is far from perfect so it's hard to judge the sound quality, overall. But the bass boom, resulting from the speakers sitting on a much less rigid floor than before, was an obvious problem and one that I thought I should try and correct first.
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have you tried one on the back wall behind the sub as well ??
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just wondering what it would do and what you thought ??
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This is just a simple two-channel rig I'm working on. I don't have a sub hooked up. I've got a Carver m0.5t, a C1 preamp, a Tosh 3950 for a CD player, a Pioneer tuner I got from warlocks1 and a pair of RT55i's on wood stands. IC's are RS Fusion and speaker wire is 12ga, also from RS. It's mainly to provide tunes while I'm over there working on the house, not necessarily a permanant setup. I'm not trying to tweak it, really. It's just that it sounded so bad over there (the other house) versus what the same gear sounded like here, that I knew that wherever I do end up setting it up, I'm going to need something heavy for the speakers (and sub, if I get that far) to sit on.
As far as putting something behind the sub: I don't think that would do anything, but it could be worth a try. The main thing is to make sure that the parts of the speaker or sub that actually support the speaker are on something solid, that doesn't transmit vibrations to the structure too easily.
Jason -
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I will post my results as well. I put a concrete paver under my sub in my hardwood floor living room. Hopefully its not just perception, but I did notice less vibration. A good example is the end credits of Pirates of the Carribean. The score has very bombastic bass in it, and it sounded much tighter with less rumble. It wasn't a huge difference, but enough to warrant a $.98 upgrade.
Greg -
what do you have under the slab to protect your floors from scratches ??
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As long as you are careful, you don't need much. The slab + sub is pretty heavy, and is not going to move. I just put an old towel under it.
