You found this even on carpet? I have the super spikes on a piece of granite on carpet. Interested as looking at these or Gaia 2’sSure, I would not leave them if it was not a worthwhile improvement. But Soundcare is a good value for money.
You found this even on carpet? I have the super spikes on a piece of granite on carpet. Interested as looking at these or Gaia 2’s
Has your brother in law or you had a chance to listen to the Garrard TT with the Auva EQ's in place if so what his/your conclusions
Not yet.Has your brother in law or you had a chance to listen to the Garrard TT with the Auva EQ's in place if so what his/your conclusions
Good evening, I would like to know what people here think about let the stand mount speaker get some extra weight close to the cabinet of the speaker.Putting three or four 'legs' on the bottom of the 'speaker' is not going to damp much at all. In your example, the towel is damping the bell, not the support. So like damping the loudspeaker cabinet. That would work to a degree, as many 'speakers' are made of mdf or ply, but these materials are very poor at damping. Isolate the 'speaker' and the vibrations will last for a long time, and increase in amplitude.
Do very fine vibrations require absorption?Interesting, but I guess there are different kind of requirements to absorb a milling machine vibrations compared to the very fine vibrations coming from a loudspeaker.
Based on my experience with GAIA and Auva, I’d definitely say that speakers can benefit of decoupling/absorption. Of course coupling the speakers to the floor is also a perfectly valid method. I changed spikes + spike feets back last week and actually prefer them in some things. This comparison happened with the 3cm thick granite slabs under the speakers. Then I tried to remove the heavy granite slabs and put Auvas back, which took the speakers 3cm lower than before (otherwise they're exactly on the same spot, to the millimetre). Now there's more depth and strength in the bass than before. I'll continue experimenting to see what's the best method in the end, but the differences are easy to hear.Do very fine vibrations require absorption?
In short yes.Do very fine vibrations require absorption?
I am a newcomer to all this after nearly 60 years of hi fi I have only recently discovered the joy of preventing vibration with Addis discs a la Windhoek of this forum, now with Auva 50's & Auva EQ's absorption of vibration.Quick ques if I may - I've read the thread and not seen if anyone has had any joy fitting isolation feet to SS6 stands? I currently have my speakers atop Atacama Pads, but thinking of Gaia Puck Mini - would utilising both (if the stands can be done) be too much?
On playing the CD again the buzzing/vibration had gone. So in this specific instance allowing the Auva 50's to do their job as designed, by removing extraneous movement had a slight improvement in the sound above what I detailed on fitting the Auva 50's particularly even tighter bass, & cleaner trebble.
Quick ques if I may - I've read the thread and not seen if anyone has had any joy fitting isolation feet to SS6 stands? I currently have my speakers atop Atacama Pads, but thinking of Gaia Puck Mini - would utilising both (if the stands can be done) be too much?
Quick ques if I may - I've read the thread and not seen if anyone has had any joy fitting isolation feet to SS6 stands? I currently have my speakers atop Atacama Pads, but thinking of Gaia Puck Mini - would utilising both (if the stands can be done) be too much?
HI Tom,
It's a wooden parquette floor over concrete element (I live in an apartment building). Between the parquette and concrete there is some kind of dampening material, which I think, is mandatory in Finnish construction laws. Between the parquette and Auva 50's, I left 3cm thick granite slabs still in place. I might later try to remove the granite slabs. I have a two year old kid running around here and I'm slightly affraid that some day she'll knock down the speakers from top of the granite slabs. Especially with the Auva's, having felt under them, makes them quite slippery. Even though the ATC's weigh over 50kg/speaker, they can be slid on the granite and if they go over the edges, they can tip over. Here's a picture I snapped while installing the Auvas, you can see my old spike + Linn Skeets in the pic also. Luckily Auva's are about the same height so the change of height of the speakers wasn't the reason for the difference in sound quality. I also took distance measurements before installing the Auvas, so that the speakers are exactly on the same distance from surfaces as before.
But weren't the Auva's in place when the speaker was vibrating?
It sounds like the the problem was the misadjustment and correcting that solved it, not the feet themselves (though they may very well be an improvement over spikes or other more common speaker/floor interface).
Chris Marshall I found these on this thread if you look a Stack Audio references for Auva 50's, 70's & 100's on the internet there seem as many metal as wood applications like mine with the OTA Quad 57's on OTA Rupert stands.The SS6 are slightly angled so need a degree of flex in any footer, I know the Gaia do as I have them on my Sonus Fabers, not sure if the stack audio ones would work. I can’t find anyone that has used the stack audio ones with solid steel stands.
I’m actually just waiting for a second set of Gaia to arrive for my SS6 so can give feedback when they arrive. I’ve used Isoacoustics mini isopods between the speaker and stand but my current speakers seem to prefer blutack, hence why I’m giving the footers a try.
Bodhi I honestly don't know I have only had the Auva 50's for a short while under the OTA Quad 57's & Rupert stands, with excellent results It is an itch I may have to scratch certainly with Auva 70's. I feel an email to Stack Audio coming on..I wanted to ask you guys is there a worthwhile difference between the performance of the Stack Audio AuVa 70 and 100's? My only concern with the 100's is they could look very wide and bulky under small-medium size speakers. Cheers.