John Sayers' Recording Studio Design Forum Archive

A buddy of mine has an extremely expensive stereo system. He saw that my nearfields were not on audio points and is telling me that I should have them on them. I've been thinking about picking up a a set of them, but I have not found anyone using them for nearfields and they're not cheap. I figured the speakers and my desk that they sit on would have to be on the audio points also, but I just don't know.

Everything I have read shows to have the speakers decoupled from the surface they are sitting on which is opposite of what audio points do.

What are your thoughts? I am very curious.

Here is a link to a manufacture:
http://www.audiopoints.com/

A large percentage of "audiophile" stuff, including these, is just plain silly IMO - the more one pays for something silly, the harder it is to convince them it's bogus.

Your other info makes much more sense; if you place speakers on your desk without isolating them (or on stands, for that matter) then you can get two paths back to your ears - the one that's transmitting through solids (floor, desk, etc) will get there sooner and cause phase cancellations, because sound travels several times as fast in wood and most solids as it does in air.

If you like putting your gear on "points", you should also replace all your knobs with these

http://www.referenceaudiomods.com/Merch ... gory_Code=

I'd save my money for things you can actually hear... Steve

Thanks for the reply Steve. That link for the knobs looks really interesting too.

and definitely finish it off with some c-37 laquer (or liquor?)
http://www.tnt-audio.com/accessories/c37_e.html

Generally speaking a clear increase of transparency can be perceived: it is like more musical informations flow through the loudspeaker.
On the other hand, don't forget that a couple of layers of C37 lacquer DO increase the moving mass of the driver. As a result, you need to treat both the woofer and the tweeter in order to avoid "speed response mismatch" between the two drivers.