Hey guys!
At the moment I have the rather good sps-171a speakers in the front (well good in a panda anyways lol) but I am having to add a lot of bass using the control on the head unit (amplifier is awaiting a clear day when im off work for install). At the moment the speakers are on celsus adaptors completely covered in dynamat. I am considering making MDF baffles (would this make an improvement on its own) for these and then remembed something. I have a subwoofer attached to this computer which used to cause a lot of vibration and noise in the floor. The enclosure is made of MDF. However I struck upon the idea of attaching rubber feet and to my surprise not only did this lessen the vibration and noise throughout the house, it also significantly improved the bass response and clarity of the subwoofer. I read somewhere that this is because I have "decoupled" the 2 surfaces.
Would doing similar to car speakers help? I would have to use several layers of MDF to get the desired depth as the speakers in the panda require quite a deep adaptor so was thinking of maybe adding a layer of silicone bathroom sealant or similar between layers so as to decouple the layers of mdf. Or perhaps dynamat would be better.
If anyone has tried this or has any thoughts on the whole theory of the idea please reply. Am i barking up the wrong tree (does decoupling only work with enclosures and not baffles for example).
Thanks in advance
EDIT: Just had another thought, mouse mats are made of neoprene so cutting a couple of circles out of these might be easiest (think they are like 29p in IKEA).
At the moment I have the rather good sps-171a speakers in the front (well good in a panda anyways lol) but I am having to add a lot of bass using the control on the head unit (amplifier is awaiting a clear day when im off work for install). At the moment the speakers are on celsus adaptors completely covered in dynamat. I am considering making MDF baffles (would this make an improvement on its own) for these and then remembed something. I have a subwoofer attached to this computer which used to cause a lot of vibration and noise in the floor. The enclosure is made of MDF. However I struck upon the idea of attaching rubber feet and to my surprise not only did this lessen the vibration and noise throughout the house, it also significantly improved the bass response and clarity of the subwoofer. I read somewhere that this is because I have "decoupled" the 2 surfaces.
Would doing similar to car speakers help? I would have to use several layers of MDF to get the desired depth as the speakers in the panda require quite a deep adaptor so was thinking of maybe adding a layer of silicone bathroom sealant or similar between layers so as to decouple the layers of mdf. Or perhaps dynamat would be better.
If anyone has tried this or has any thoughts on the whole theory of the idea please reply. Am i barking up the wrong tree (does decoupling only work with enclosures and not baffles for example).
Thanks in advance
EDIT: Just had another thought, mouse mats are made of neoprene so cutting a couple of circles out of these might be easiest (think they are like 29p in IKEA).
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