I don't use Iso-pads.

I tried some firm foam and didn't hear any difference. I would only use a pad or something IF.... IF there were buzzes from the speakers setting on something....and then it would likely be a simple piece of cloth to dampen the rattles and buzzes.

I've heard both sides to the story and in reality, for the normal home studio, there's not enough of a difference to matter. Some folks swear by heavy mass such as concrete pillars so that the inertia of the speakers is NOT transferred into the stands as easily. That is the entire hypothesis for using the iso-pads. You only want the speakers and the box they are in creating the vibrations.


As I said, in my studio, and at the volume I work, the isolation did nothing for me that I could hear. So, IMHO, I wouldn't waste the time or money.

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