Auralex

[ModalMike]

What is peoples opinion on auralex? is it a good idea to have moniters sitting on this stuff? amps?
mike

[crosstudio]

i've been thinking about getting the isolation pads myself.

i've got primacoustic foam on my walls, and i heard a definite improvement in the sound of the room

HOWEVER,

when i have my amp on the ground, the carpet muffles the amp, so i always put my amp up on my old wooden school chair. i don't know if having it off the ground is what makes it sound better, or getting it off the carpet.

i'm gonna get it anyway, they aren't expensive, if i don't like it i'll sell it on ebay.

[jake-owa]

I just use the foam that comes with a new harddrive and just place my speakers on top of that, it cuts down on the sound of my desk being brodcast around the studio.

[Son of Mixerman]

Neoprene mousepads work increadibly well too.

SoMM

[knightfly]

If you get too thick or too soft a foam under monitors, one school of thought is that it will cause phasing problems due to the speaker rocking from low notes, causing the distances from woof/tweet vs. ear to change - this would be worse at close distances, since the ratio of rocking distance to ear distance would be greater.

I don't think I've ever heard this in person, but then I've only used 1/4" firm neoprene under my KRK's, JBL's or Tannoys... Steve