Tweakers' Asylum

Here's my plan - what do you think?

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hatari

In Reply to: RE: Here are the photos of my speaker platforms posted by dave c on June 07, 2007 at 23:00:30

I'm not going to use different materials/veneers for simplicity. I'm going to find the hardest dried/aged wood that I can in 2" thickness (reclaimed super-hardwoods or white maple) in the size that I need. I'll finish it in either a natural oil and put either sorbothane or other isolating feet. If the isolating feet don't work, then I'll try coupling feet (cones etc.).

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adding aesthetics to effectives! - dave c 13:02:31 06/08/07 (2)
I see no reason something like that wouldn't work.
What I did notice when I took the base apart was that the Vibrapods seemed a bit flattened so I might do that oven thing to revive them.
As opposed to the delicate mechanisms of CDPs and amps, I think you can use a much broader brush to cope with speaker isolation.
Over a suspended floor, a nice wood platform will look good and the soft footers will be good enough to reduce a huge amount of transmission to the floor.
Do keep us up to speed on how it goes.
- It's begun - hatari 04:53:48 06/13/07 (1)
  So I've bought some Wenge wood (harder than any domestic available in North America) and it's being dressed and cut for me. It's all kiln dried.
  
  I was looking for dark wood, so lighter Maples etc, would require staining and I'd rather not. I'm going to sand, bevel, and oil (quite a number of times) and then apply vibration isolation and I'm done. I hope it makes a difference :). If not, it was fun and inexpensive anyways.
  
  Cheers
  - RE: It's begun - dave c 16:58:48 06/14/07 (0)
    It sounds like it should have good effects.
    Looks good, it works and it doesn't cost too much.
    Can you get a better combination?
    Possibly, but I bet you would lose out in the cost stakes.

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