AudioDoctor Posted June 9, 2018 Share Posted June 9, 2018 under a pair of "bookshelf" speakers, on a desktop or elsewhere? Opinions and thoughts? Would you buy them again?https://www.musicdirect.com/vibration-control/IsoAcoustics-Iso-Pucks No electron left behind. Link to comment
AudioDoctor Posted July 29, 2018 Author Share Posted July 29, 2018 I guess not. ha No electron left behind. Link to comment
AudioDoctor Posted July 30, 2018 Author Share Posted July 30, 2018 It appears I am. I am in my isolation room as we speak. No electron left behind. Link to comment
Ralf11 Posted July 30, 2018 Share Posted July 30, 2018 I used to have an office down the hall from a P3 lab (which they did NOT tell me)... BTW, the usual idea with box speakers is to use sharp points to prevent them from moving and hence creating a Doppler Effect; these things seem opposite to that oh hey - buy my Beats headphonies and you can use them to isolate yourself from noise Link to comment
AudioDoctor Posted July 30, 2018 Author Share Posted July 30, 2018 According to Iso-Acoustics, they prevent any lateral motion. They didn't tell you because they were using you as the canary. ? No electron left behind. Link to comment
Ralf11 Posted July 30, 2018 Share Posted July 30, 2018 glad I made it up to the passerine level AudioDoctor 1 Link to comment
AudioDoctor Posted July 30, 2018 Author Share Posted July 30, 2018 1 hour ago, Ralf11 said: glad I made it up to the passerine level They had to find a new canary once you found out. You screwed up their test. No electron left behind. Link to comment
Ralf11 Posted July 30, 2018 Share Posted July 30, 2018 I often screw up tests - too bad there's not a video of me taking the medcats Link to comment
AudioDoctor Posted July 30, 2018 Author Share Posted July 30, 2018 Those medcats were very special cats. You should be lucky there isn't a video of you taking them. No electron left behind. Link to comment
Ralf11 Posted July 30, 2018 Share Posted July 30, 2018 ok, this was long ago and far away... they were either free or cheap then, and one day we were sittin' around smoking dope and wondering what to do, so I said "Let's take the medcats! just for fun." So we did. Neither of us had plans to go to med school (grad school instead). I worked down thru the questions and then put my pencil down and stretched. I noticed that the other test takers were shocked and horrified. Several sections and people freaked out when I stopped working early on each section. I dunno if my buddy did the same but he ultimately did go to med school and wound up at Cleveburg Clinic. AudioDoctor 1 Link to comment
AudioDoctor Posted July 31, 2018 Author Share Posted July 31, 2018 It's serious business to prospective med school attendees you know. edit: The MCAT is administered on computers these days. No electron left behind. Link to comment
Ralf11 Posted July 31, 2018 Share Posted July 31, 2018 so only engineers can get in now? Link to comment
AudioDoctor Posted July 31, 2018 Author Share Posted July 31, 2018 50 minutes ago, Ralf11 said: so only engineers can get in now? I hope not, imagine the bed side manner they would have... No electron left behind. Link to comment
wanta911 Posted July 31, 2018 Share Posted July 31, 2018 On 7/30/2018 at 10:58 AM, Ralf11 said: BTW, the usual idea with box speakers is to use sharp points to prevent them from moving and hence creating a Doppler Effect; these things seem opposite to that My floor standers are floating - which is definitely opposite to that ? Link to comment
Ralf11 Posted July 31, 2018 Share Posted July 31, 2018 13 hours ago, AudioDoctor said: I hope not, imagine the bed side manner they would have... the same as what many MDs fantasize about having... Link to comment
Ralf11 Posted July 31, 2018 Share Posted July 31, 2018 wantareal Porsche - have you tested those against spikes? no dog in this fight as I have Maggies Link to comment
AudioDoctor Posted July 31, 2018 Author Share Posted July 31, 2018 46 minutes ago, Ralf11 said: the same as what many MDs fantasize about having... HAHAHAHA, that made me chuckle. 45 minutes ago, Ralf11 said: wantareal Porsche - have you tested those against spikes? no dog in this fight as I have Maggies Hey now, a GT4 is a real Porsche! No electron left behind. Link to comment
AudioDoctor Posted July 31, 2018 Author Share Posted July 31, 2018 What kind of spikes would you recommend Ralf? No electron left behind. Link to comment
Ralf11 Posted July 31, 2018 Share Posted July 31, 2018 Dunno - I'd pick something cheap and then move on up until I detected no improvement to IM I guess the test music should be loud and bass heavy to maximize box movement (maybe ask your surgical buddies which Led Zep tracks they like to jam to in the OR) When I had Vandersteens I had some long spikes with screw heads on the other end - can't recall if they came with the V's or not - I sold them in 1994 so it's been a while The material they are digging in to may be more important that the type of spike. Best would be to drill some really big bolts into El Capitan and epoxy them in. Link to comment
wanta911 Posted August 1, 2018 Share Posted August 1, 2018 4 hours ago, Ralf11 said: wantareal Porsche - have you tested those against spikes? no dog in this fight as I have Maggies I put them on years ago based on a hunch. I had read a lot from Barry Diament about floating speakers for SQ and I had a problem with bass resonances upsetting my downstairs neighbors whether the speakers were spiked or just sitting on the carpeted floor. My hunch paid off as the floating immediately fixed my neighbor problem. I didn't notice any obvious difference at the time but my setup wasn't anywhere as revealing as it is now. It would be interesting to do a comparison but I'm not overly keen due to the speakers being heavy b*****s and spiking isn't a long term option due to my situation. I'm working on the theory that if it's good enough for a renowned mastering engineer, then it's good enough for me. Ignorance is bliss ? Link to comment
AudioDoctor Posted August 1, 2018 Author Share Posted August 1, 2018 Well, the speakers are sitting on a solid, heavy bamboo cutting board from IKEA, on their Iso-Acoustics pucks that, according to Iso-Acoustics eliminate all lateral movement. I suppose it won't hurt to try though. No electron left behind. Link to comment
Ralf11 Posted August 1, 2018 Share Posted August 1, 2018 it won't hurt and it will keep you off the streets and out of trouble⛑️ Link to comment
AudioDoctor Posted August 1, 2018 Author Share Posted August 1, 2018 You know me so well... No electron left behind. Link to comment
agladstone Posted August 1, 2018 Share Posted August 1, 2018 1 hour ago, AudioDoctor said: Well, the speakers are sitting on a solid, heavy bamboo cutting board from IKEA, on their Iso-Acoustics pucks that, according to Iso-Acoustics eliminate all lateral movement. I suppose it won't hurt to try though. I suggest trying to put the iso-pucks underneath of the Ikea cutting board and then spike the speakers to the ikea board. This is what I’m doing for my Martin Logan electrostat towers. I’ve decided that spiking to the cutting board allows the vibrations to travel out of the speakers and into the cutting boards, and then the iso-pucks then isolate the boards from allowing the vibrations coming from the speakers to resonate to the floor with in my case prior to doing this, was causing muddy low end since my floor is not a solid foundation like a cement subfloor, etc (I’m on a second floor of a building built in 1707!!! ) - I think my experiment has improved and tightened the low end and improved imaging, etc. (And it was cheap compared to IsoAcoustics Gia’s or stillpoints Link to comment
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