What do you put underneath floorstanding speakers?

Hey Speedball: 18" square 2" thick pads OF WHAT?

Inquiring minds want to know.

Thanks.

Rlwainwright, Damnit, you beat me to it.

I got hardwoor floors, i spiked my speakers and set them on top of granite slabs which rest on the floor with rubber feet.
Works pretty good for my purposes.

WIth yours i would reccommend putting a house beneath them. Best way to do it. ;)

Spikes sends the energy from the speakers right down in to the floor. A good thing - as it´s helps getting a better grip on the speaker cones. A bad thing if you have a neighbour or someone in an apartment below, as soundwaves will be picked up by the floor and carried a long way via the inner structure of the building.

You need to get rid of the energy from the speakers, but not send that of a large portion in to the floor. Some kind of soft energy-absorbent may do a better job for you. Such as rubber/vibrapod/foam cones etc. There are plenty of fish if you are willing to try such an solution. See Audiogon for ex.

If your floor is hardwood you can do one or both of the following:
1. Put small felt pads on each corner (felt is used in pianos for dampening you know)
2. Cut four small squares out of a sheet of cork (office depot etc) and place them under each corner. (cork is mostly air and is used to sound proof rooms.

Carpeting your whole room is absolutely not necessary. Granite and other rocks do not absorb or defract sound or vibrations.

the suggestion that rlwainright made works great,the pads he is talkin about are made of rubber, i use a simular product called (humane pads).

the density of the humane pads far exceeds anything you will ever get at home depot or places like that,humane's are 1" thick x 3ft x 4 ft & are coal black.

these pads are kinda pricy though at around $100 each but they work great.

mike.