From Eric Wood Sent Wed, Jul 25th 2018, 02:34
From Eric Wood Sent Wed, Jul 25th 2018, 02:34
I=E2=80=99ve read somewhere about the hockey pucks and sand around them some= where; I was gonna try it years ago when I owned my own home but never got a= round to it. Eric > On Jul 24, 2018, at 9:02 PM, alt-mode <xxx@xxx-xxxx.xxx> wrote: >=20 >=20 >> On Jul 24, 2018, at 4:02 PM, David Bivins <xxxxxxxx@xxxxx.xxx> wrote: >>=20 >> I always thought it would be cool to float a floor of panels and run all t= he cabling under it.=20 >=20 > I did this in a previous basement studio where I had a high ceiling so I h= ad space for a raised floor. 2x6 pressure treated lumber was used over a va= por barrier on cement. =E2=80=9CChannels=E2=80=9D were made to run down the= middle of the floor and =E2=80=9Chatches=E2=80=9D were cut into flooring. A= durable carpet was glued onto the flooring. The mistake was not to put the= floor beams on neoprene or some other isolating material. The raised floor= resonated and putting a subwoofer directly on the floor was too much at cer= tain frequencies. Then there was the problem of pulling the cables through t= he floor and having to move gear around to get to a hatch. >=20 > My current setup has the gear along the walls with =E2=80=9Cpeninsulas" of= gear sticking out so all of the cabling is either along the walls or in a p= eninsula. I can always get to the cables and I don=E2=80=99t have a floor t= hat acts like a resonator at low frequencies. >=20 > Eric >=20