I use atacama gel pads under my scm19’s to good effect so similar - what sorborthane did you use?
Atacama gel pads are the best support I have come across where sorbothane is concerned, they are quite firm, so rocking isn't a problem, they completely eliminate any vibration from entering the stand & vice versa, quite cheap too. I had some free with a pair of stands I once tried out, they eliminate the stands acoustic influence on the sound.I have but one set of spikes left anywhere in my three systems, just on the bottom of the Target R4 stands that support my JR149s. They are there purely to seat and level them through the carpet and underlay and more a security and levelling thing than sound. My big Lockwoods and Klipsch La Scalas just sit on the carpet. They are too heavy to rock around and also far too heavy for me to lift so I couldn’t spike them even if I wanted to!
FWIW for the past 15-20 years or so I’ve backed away from all audiophile furniture etc as whilst I’m in no doubt it makes a difference the difference it makes is usually ‘worse’ to me! This started off when I found I preferred my kit sitting on the floor than on an expensive Mana table system and has slowly developed over the years. IME spikes always make things sound leaner, drier and more forward, and I just don’t want that. These days I seek a very natural, organic and relaxed sound. I have really gone off ‘edge of the seat’ hi-fi.
For the JR149 speaker/stand interface, i.e. where you have the Sorbothene stuff, I’m usung felt pads which sound better to my ears/taste than cones, Blu-Tac or whatever. I’d be tempted to try Sorbothene, but given such a small speaker I’d not want any risk of tipping them off the stands!
I've got a set of those going spare if anyone wants to try. No idea what they're worth or what I paid for them, so feel free to PM me if anyone wants to try. I used them under my DAC for a while.I remember being amazed by these,
Worked defyingly well under many speakers.
FWIW decades ago I was curious about the old Wharfedale SFBs but decided to get a student to do a project on an alternative. This was to make what looked like a huge seaside deckchair with carpet instead of the usual fabric. A bass driver was then fitted to a hole, offcenter. The result was a baffle around the speaker which was *not* rigid. So didn't have much in the way of baffle resonances. However it was heavy enough to improve the bass. It looked odd, but worked quite nicely. Never seen anything like it as a commercial product, but if someone wants to DIY experiment I'd recommend having a play with the idea.
The utilisation of sorbothane as a support method for ATC loudspeakers is ingenious.
The only downside to the use of sorbothane is that it robs the music of any emotion, rhythm or tune.
Luckily these are areas where the ATC's are already almost completely inert.
A marriage made in heaven!
I think that's too simplistic - surely the extent to which vibrations travel must be determined by both the frequency of the vibration, and the materials used.. Hence a shock absorber has to be tuned..I'm no expert, but the way I see It Is vibrations travel through the speaker enclosure and through whatever they are sitting on. Putting shock absorbers between the cabinet and floor or stand seems like the logical thing to do.
Not especially Linkwitz though no doubt he could have had a part to play.I am also fascinated by this approach : is it a derivation of Linkwitz’s work & is there a mid and tweeter sitting on top, I wonder ?