Speaker Isolation

neil_g · 7 Sep 2016 at 15:03

I've got some Yamaha HS5 on my desk which are currently say on some of the angled foam isolation pads.

One of my furry monsters has decided it is fun to chew on the foam so they need to go (the pads not the cat).

I've been looking at spikes mainly, but I want to keep the speakers angled upward. Are there such things as stick on adjustable spikes or should I look at just getting different height spikes?

Or is there a better option?

dacads · 7 Sep 2016 at 15:06

Considered isoacoustics stands?

Or you could get some basic stands like this and stick a new set of pads on them.

kae2 · 7 Sep 2016 at 15:06

The spikes would definitely deal with the furry monsters

neil_g · 7 Sep 2016 at 16:59

stands are an option but both of those options are sooo ugly.. sorry..

dacads · 7 Sep 2016 at 17:21

neil_g said:
stands are an option but both of those options are sooo ugly.. sorry..

Then you don't have many options

rids57 · 8 Sep 2016 at 00:25

They look just the job for my needs however, so thanks for pointing them out

dacads · 8 Sep 2016 at 12:09

rids57 said:
They look just the job for my needs however, so thanks for pointing them out

Which ones?

neil_g · 8 Sep 2016 at 12:43

going back to the spikes question, any input on that?

C64 · 8 Sep 2016 at 15:14

Rubber door wedges ?

rids57 · 8 Sep 2016 at 18:42

dacads said:
Which ones?

The metal ones, I'd demolish those isoacoustic stands in no time - my speakers are either side of my TV (40" Sammy 6400) and there is zero extra room on my desk, so the slightest nudge and those things would send my speakers flying. Those metal stands have a nice big base that's not going to go anywhere.

dacads · 8 Sep 2016 at 21:18

neil_g said:
going back to the spikes question, any input on that?

well first question to ask would be do your speakers have holes for spikes?

rids57 said:
The metal ones, I'd demolish those isoacoustic stands in no time - my speakers are either side of my TV (40" Sammy 6400) and there is zero extra room on my desk, so the slightest nudge and those things would send my speakers flying. Those metal stands have a nice big base that's not going to go anywhere.

Yeah I was surprised I hadn't come across them before!

neil_g · 8 Sep 2016 at 23:24

No as I said, would be stick on

Or I just keep looking for something to sit them on. If I find something that isn't actually a speaker stand, is there something I should put between it and the speaker to stop vibration? I've seen some people put Cork underneath for example.

rids57 · 9 Sep 2016 at 00:40

I've always just used large blobs of blu-tack

neil_g · 9 Sep 2016 at 08:08

ha fair enough

Kei · 9 Sep 2016 at 10:27

Blu tak here too. Problem is, my speakers are so heavy that it squashes it very flat, but it still does a perfect job of isolating the speaker from it's stand. Much cheaper than atacama isolation pads or similar.

dacads · 9 Sep 2016 at 12:30

Pads again then?