Isolating speakers on desk (as cheap as possible)

[Mark A]

I got myself an amp and some Monitor Audio Bronze 2 speakers for Christmas to use with my PC. Very happy with them, much clearer than my hifi, but with them being on my desk the sound is travelling into the room below and even with the speakers on low the beat seems to be amplified in the room below.

The desk is quite sturdy being 40mm solid oak and steel legs. I was thinking of getting the foam blocks to sit them on, but there seems to be gel feet and spikes as well, so not sure what would be best. Also wondering about maybe blocks of granite...

I'd be willing to spend around £25 ish, but less would obviously be better. I don't want to use anything silly like cut in half squash balls that I have seen mentioned in the past. I want it to look nice and neat.

It is mainly just to stop the sound travelling into the room below as I am happy with the sound, but if it was to improve the sound as well that would be a bonus.

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/360959170673?_trksid=p2060353.m1438.l2649&ssPageName=STRK:MEBIDX:IT

These are what I was thinking of getting. The speakers could do with being a little higher so these would help with that as well. Its a little annoying paying £25 for some blocks of foam though...

Thanks

 

[Mark A]

So something dense and heavy would be better than foam or gel feet? What about combining the two or would that be pointless?

Another thought I had was maybe filling the hollow steel desk legs with sand. Not sure if it would make any difference.

Thanks for the suggestions so far, I'll have a look around for some cheap granite/marble.

 

[Mark A]

Thanks for that, I'll do a bit of experimenting tomorrow. I do have some granite worktop protectors in the kitchen I could borrow to see if they make any difference, although I'm guessing they might be a bit on the thin side. I have seen people using 2 of them with some rubber washers between so that could be something to try.