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Speakers on laminate flooring

Just picked my slate up from the stone-cutter and they look/sound really good, quite pleased to have re-purposed something I was going to sling out.

Quick question, do you think a piece of yoga mat or similar, between the slate and laminate floor would make any difference?
 
CraShWilliams said:
Just picked my slate up from the stone-cutter and they look/sound really good, quite pleased to have re-purposed something I was going to sling out.

Quick question, do you think a piece of yoga mat or similar, between the slate and laminate floor would make any difference?
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From all My reading about this, if the slate is big and heavy enough to absorb the movement from the speakers, then yes a layer of yoga mat should again make an improvement.
 
CraShWilliams said:
Just picked my slate up from the stone-cutter and they look/sound really good, quite pleased to have re-purposed something I was going to sling out.

Quick question, do you think a piece of yoga mat or similar, between the slate and laminate floor would make any difference?
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No idea about the sound...

But as a practicing yoga teacher, I would definitely NOT put yoga mats between the laminate floor and the slate/speakers. The mats we use are supposed to be non-slip making moving your speakers around a real pain. There is also a risk of the mats marking the laminate given the weight of slate.
 
The non-slip yoga mat isnt a goer then, I'll go for the felt option. I was though toying with some cheapish rubber/sorbathane feet type pads - they can be picked up pretty cheaply on amazon but probably over kill.. I'd also be worried that one might collapse overnight with the speaker toppling over!
 
A pair of Voodoo stands really make a difference. Problem is you can't find them these days, but someone may have a pair.
 
I'd try the felt pads to stop marking the floor and ease movement. How has the sound changed then?
Roughly how heavy are the pieces is slate sadly not something I have laying about but i would like to try something similar
 
I am in a first floor flat with laminate over wooden floorboards and the sound was a mess. I made plinths for my Tannoys with kerbstones (paving slabs ring like a bell), rubber composite matting for putting under washing machines. Kerbstones sandwiched between two layers of rubber mat and a layer of underlay on very bottom to allow for movement.

Clean bass down to 30hz and just a little room mode around 40hz to do with the room dimensions and not the floor.
 
CraShWilliams said:
The non-slip yoga mat isnt a goer then, I'll go for the felt option. I was though toying with some cheapish rubber/sorbathane feet type pads - they can be picked up pretty cheaply on amazon but probably over kill.. I'd also be worried that one might collapse overnight with the speaker toppling over!
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My rack has circular marks on both the glass and the bamboo levels - marks created by the sorbothane feet of Msision Isoplat platforms...
 
say it as it is said:
cool what tannoys are running then? where did you get the matting for a washing machine?
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It’s this stuff:

https://www.floormats.co.uk/washing...KEelPqTDKpjRDKqe7i48fZYZHJFBluuUaArpXEALw_wcB

They’re Chatsworths with 12” MGs. Before I made these plinths I couldn’t get them to image at all and bass was missing in action. In my previous flat I had a concrete floor and was always fighting excessive bass - I used wooden stands that placed them about 8” higher than I have them now.

My plinths wouldn’t suit everyone but luckily my partner appreciates the slightly DIY aesthetic. She says they look like Liquorice Allsorts :)
 
nothing so exotic here tannoy DC6T on a concrete floor lovely deep bass and sounded tight as a drum on wooden floor with laminate all over the place and booming at low frequency I will try this see if works
thanks
 
gints said:
Yes, put some felt pads under, you then can move it a bit if needed without damaging floor.
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This was my logic when I had this arrangement. What was below the marble didn't seem to make much odds sonically, but being able to move with ease if I tried another pair of speakers or to vacuum up the dust bunnies which accumulate around the back was handy. I had discrete pencil marks so I could quickly reset to optimum positioning for my own speakers!
 
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