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Carefully reread Dr. West’s statement quoted below. If you want to spend your money for purely aesthetic reasons, you are free to do so. However, avoid masking your hedonism with real arguments that are not within your competence, unless you are an acoustic physicist or engineer working in this field. Upgrading is a serious behavioral disorder. So is constantly asking the same questions in the hope of receiving the answer we like the most.
I don’t want to offend anyone, but I would like to see more respect shown to those who do this work and give impartial advice. Those who own snd use Sound Lab loudspeakers should be enthusiasts who have moved beyond the childish phase of upgrading at any cost. You start by replacing the feet, continue with ‘special’ power cables, remove the brilliance control, and end up removing the dust covers and adding a supertweeter. -
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Never mind. I went directly to Roger West and this is his reply:
Hello Eric,
Connie gave me your question to answer since I am the designer. Concerning isolation feet, they are used for two purposes, first they look high tech and secondly, they help to reduce vibrations from a speaker cabinet, especially if a powerful woofer is involved. When high vibration waves are occurring in an enclosure the proper feet can reduce audible vibrational energy that is coupled to the floor. I am certainly not against using them for this reason. Usually,box designers attempt to make the box no larger than necessary, which concentrates
a lot of energy into a small volume. However, in contrast our speakers, as you know, do not use the woofer in a box approach. The energy in our panels is spread out over a large area which eliminates energy concentrations that can cause vibrational
noise. Thus, I do not recommend isolation feet be used since any vibrations are extremely small. However, if a person wishes to have the high tech appearance then they could
be used. Hope this helps.Best regards, Roger West
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