Auralex SubDude

[McR]

Just started using the SubDude ,it is a subwoofer isolation platform that really cleans up your sound.It does exactly what it says,anyone living in condos,apts,or has a wife that dislikes the floors & walls vibrating will love this + it really improves the sound. Great product!

 

[j_garcia]

Do a search, this topic has been covered in entirety.

 

[ratso]

Do a search, this topic has been covered in entirety.

as opposed to which topic that hasn't ever been covered here?

appreciate the input mcr.

 

[j_garcia]

as opposed to which topic that hasn't ever been covered here?

Two run-on sentences really doesn't explain much about this product. There are a few in-depth discussions on these products already.

No, we don't need to keep using the old threads for everything, but in this case, it could have brought back up a useful discussion.

 

[Alex2507]

we don't need to keep using the old threads for everything ...

Good because I was awaiting a fresh cable debate too.

 

[j_garcia]

Good because I was awaiting a fresh cable debate too.

Or a banana plug thread.

 

[Adam]

I decided to take today off from work. I don't want to miss this.

 

[McR]

Sorry! new here, so next time i'll search. Anyway not to much tech involved in the product, it just works.

 

[j_garcia]

Sorry! new here, so next time i'll search. Anyway not to much tech involved in the product, it just works.

Oh definitely, totally worth it. Certainly wasn't saying that they aren't great products.

 

[Adam]

Welcome to the forum, btw! They are nice products. I bought one, too - mostly just to elevate my sub so that I could run a cable under it, but it also seems to have tamed a resonance that would make one of the nearby air vents vibrate.

 

[shadyJ]

I suppose this is where I usually point out there is no evidence that bass isolation pads work, the theory is bogus, and the product itself is snake-oil... but I am really just going through the motions. My heart just isn't in it anymore. I would say Audioholics should do an article examining the effectiveness of bass isolation pads using objective data, but my hunch is Audioholics would be too scared of losing a potential advertiser.

 

[its phillip]

My great gramma hasn't made any difference...so I'd say they aren't worth it.

 

[Rickster71]

I decided to take today off from work. I don't want to miss this.

It gets difficult with the changing of days off.
I could be more accommodating it I knew everyone's work schedule.

 

[Adam]

Sorry for not planning ahead, Rick. It was just too nice of a day to not spend it with Niki. Hopefully we'll get in another walk/car ride early this afternoon.

This is getting a little slow, but the whole "it's a sham" debate has potential.

 

[ratso]

I suppose this is where I usually point out there is no evidence that bass isolation pads work, the theory is bogus, and the product itself is snake-oil... but I am really just going through the motions. My heart just isn't in it anymore. I would say Audioholics should do an article examining the effectiveness of bass isolation pads using objective data, but my hunch is Audioholics would be too scared of losing a potential advertiser.

i've always kind of wondered about how it would work myself. but everyone that has heard one says they do isolate some of the sound from other rooms. i cannot quite wrap my head around how you could imagine something like that.

 

[j_garcia]

Cross post

http://forums.audioholics.com/forums/subwoofers/85108-elevated-sub-yes-no.html#post963722

It helped in the next room as well. My daughter's room was right next to where the sub was located and she had things get knocked off her shelves prior to adding the Gramma.

 

[shadyJ]

Someone somewhere needs to take some measurements of subdudes and publish the results. The only person that I know of who has taken measurements found no difference.

The only way I can see a subdude helping is with those awful little mini-subs that have a high excursion 8" woofer and a 1500 watt amp and when you crank them they can actually walk across the floor. However, the correct solution in those cases is not to get a subdude, it's to get a decent subwoofer.

 

[Steve81]

FWIW, I can't speak to any audible improvements, but my old PC12-NSD did get into the habit of dancing on my old tile floor (over concrete slab). After a week or so, it would have shifted position by a couple inches or so. An isolation pad corrected the issue, and the PC12 stayed put on its perch.

 

[McR]

I use subs for live bands & when you have to use the stage as a platform, the last thing, you want is the sub coupled with the stage vibrating into mics. Without decoupling the sound is muddy with numerous other feedback & resonant problems. When your running at 127 to 130 spl they make a difference. Perhaps for home use they are not as effective. For this reason i prefer to fly the subs when i can. They do not change the sound, they decouple and you hear what is actually coming from the sub,without the floor resonance being added to the mix. Maybe i play too loud, or maybe some people like the walls & floor in the mix?

 

[twylight]

on a second floor theater room it reduces the shaking room a serious subwoofer can do...which is good and bad

I dont know if it would do much in basement and first floor rooms.