On Dec 11, 12:41*pm, Home Guy wrote:
Jeff Thies wrote:
You are a bright guy, but I don't know how much experience you
have with designing speakers and rooms.

Are we talking about having the luxury of designing and building a room
specificially for A/V use, or are we talking about making do with
what-ever room we have?

Correct me if I'm wrong, but this thread did not seem to be about
"designing speakers and rooms", so I did not say anything on that topic.

The problem at hand is keeping bass from coupling into the concrete
of the apartment structure.

Um, where exactly did the OP (Andy) say that? *As far as I can see, he's
made only one post in this thread, and did not give details about the
room's construction.

I'm operating under the assumtion of a single-family dwelling, with
wood-stud / drywall construction.

As a result the box will vibrate, and you don't want to conduct
that into the floor or everyone in the apartment building will
hear that low end rumbling.

Did I say anything to the contrary?

I said that attaching the speakers to a heavy, massive base would reduce
the speaker's ability to transfer low-frequencies into the floor, and I
said that suspending the speakers from the ceiling would do it as well.

I live in an apartment.

I could try mounting them from the ceiling and have them angled toward
the sweet spot.

I currently have an outdoor antenna mounted 4 inches from the ceiling.

It really doesn't look all that bad. :-)

Andy