Sasha V on suspended woodfloor

DrPo

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Hi Wilson owners, I have recently replaced the casters of my Sasha Vs with the (recommended) acoustic diodes. I have an acoustically suboptimal room with significant and “known” room modes issues but (somehow to my surprise) I realized that with the acoustic diodes the excessive low frequency energy around these modes is now much worse.

Have others here faced a similar challenge and what would you recommend (the diodes definitely improved midrange clarity so i would not like to go back to the casters).

Thanks in advance.
 
I own the Wilson Sasha Vs and recently installed hickory wood floors. There is a full basement under the structural wood floor listening room with the Wilson’s. The Wilson’s are mounted atop the acoustic diode spikes provides by Wilson with the quarter size pucks under the spikes to protect the wood flooring. I, too, had some bottom end boominess resolved by moving furniture around without compromising the main listening sweet spot. Additionally, I moved two 12”x18” vinyl crates on casters with about 60 records each between the speakers. I placed a throw rug with a padding underneath in the middle of the room. I’m very pleased with these results. With the switch from carpet wall to wall to wood and the aforementioned changes, the music sounds vary lively yet relaxing and balanced now. I prefer the room sound with wood compared to wall to wall carpet. The room is 20’x20’ with a sloped ceiling starting at 15’ rising to 20’.

I inserted a pic but with terrible lighting. The tv is a 65” curved intentionally bought for the curve and doesn’t seem to negatively impact the room with reflections.
 

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I own the Wilson Sasha Vs and recently installed hickory wood floors. There is a full basement under the structural wood floor listening room with the Wilson’s. The Wilson’s are mounted atop the acoustic diode spikes provides by Wilson with the quarter size pucks under the spikes to protect the wood flooring. I, too, had some bottom end boominess resolved by moving furniture around without compromising the main listening sweet spot. Additionally, I moved two 12”x18” vinyl crates on casters with about 60 records each between the speakers. I placed a throw rug with a padding underneath in the middle of the room. I’m very pleased with these results. With the switch from carpet wall to wall to wood and the aforementioned changes, the music sounds vary lively yet relaxing and balanced now. I prefer the room sound with wood compared to wall to wall carpet. The room is 20’x20’ with a sloped ceiling starting at 15’ rising to 20’.

I inserted a pic but with terrible lighting. The tv is a 65” curved intentionally bought for the curve and doesn’t seem to negatively impact the room with reflections.
Thanks for the quick and detailed feedback.

Do I understand you correctly in that the two vinyl crates between the speakers have somehow helped to "tame" the boominess ?

I was myself wondering whether coupling (that's what the diodes do) to the suspended wood floor is a good idea in the first place.... as opposed to isolating (Gaia footers / Townsend seismic podium / AudioPhysik magnetic feet come to mind... in case someone has tried down that path...)
 
Thanks for the quick and detailed feedback.

Do I understand you correctly in that the two vinyl crates between the speakers have somehow helped to "tame" the boominess ?

I was myself wondering whether coupling (that's what the diodes do) to the suspended wood floor is a good idea in the first place.... as opposed to isolating (Gaia footers / Townsend seismic podium / AudioPhysik magnetic feet come to mind... in case someone has tried down that path...)
WRT the vinyl crates, they do seem to almost completely remove the boomy muddiness of the low end. In fact, the bass is quite tight and snappy compared to not having them there. Since the crates are on boxes, I sometimes will move them around a bit to help tune the sound. At some point, I need to fire up the REW software and measure the room again. But to my ears, the sound is close to perfectly balanced.
 
WRT the vinyl crates, they do seem to almost completely remove the boomy muddiness of the low end. In fact, the bass is quite tight and snappy compared to not having them there. Since the crates are on boxes, I sometimes will move them around a bit to help tune the sound. At some point, I need to fire up the REW software and measure the room again. But to my ears, the sound is close to perfectly balanced.
this is an easy tip to check out! thanks
 

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