Speakers on carpets? - get 16x16 tiles!

[jdjaye]

I have a carpeted living room, and my speakers have always sounded a bit muddy.

This weekend I went to Home Depot and bought 2 16x16 ceramic tiles for a grand total of $4 dollars. I put them under the speakers and the difference is truely amazing! It's a far better upgrade than the $100 interconnect or the $200 speaker cables I bought.

I can't believe i didnt try this a couple of years ago!

 

[j_garcia]

You can also use speaker spikes to do something similar, since they allow the speaker to couple better to the floor. They will add stability while also adding coupling, but the tiles cost less than most spikes

 

[GranteedEV]

I guess I'm just not following what the ceramic tile is doing?

If I were decoupling I guess I would use latex foam...

 

[tattoo_Dan]

I have a carpeted living room, and my speakers have always sounded a bit muddy.

This weekend I went to Home Depot and bought 2 16x16 ceramic tiles for a grand total of $4 dollars. I put them under the speakers and the difference is truely amazing! It's a far better upgrade than the $100 interconnect or the $200 speaker cables I bought.

I can't believe i didnt try this a couple of years ago!

what kind of speakers are they ?

are they on stands ?

 

[BoredSysAdmin]

like it was said on AVS - REW results or it didn't happen

 

[j_garcia]

like it was said on AVS - REW results or it didn't happen

All that thread shows me is exactly why I don't go to AVS.

 

[BoredSysAdmin]

All that thread shows me is exactly why I don't go to AVS.

I think most people post were a bit sarcastic

 

[Rickster71]

This AH article helps explain things a bit.

Speaker Spikes and Cones
The short version of the AH article: When we play music the speaker cones vibrate backwards and forwards. This produces the sound we want. However by Newton’s Laws of motion it also shakes the speaker and the stand. The result, especially at low frequencies is a tendency for the speaker and stand to ‘rock’ back and forth. Compared with solid materials like metal or wood, the carpet is quite soft and spongy. Thus it can act like a spring and allow the base of the stand (or the legs) to move, and the whole system wobble.

 

[BoredSysAdmin]

All that thread shows me is exactly why I don't go to AVS.

For me is the unread threads with 1500 pages like this one is the reason I'm not usually visit AVS