[sdiy] ot: audiophile cones was, Oh I wish I had never said that...

[Nick Zuccaro]

> > [and that other day in the stereo shop "mate this ones sooo
> goood that it
> > isnt measured in watts, its measured in dB..."] etc etc..
> > please never suggest I'm an audiophile, I havent had my
> guillability implants put in yet..
> 

anyone here with a mechanical background want to give an
explanation of speaker spikes and the cone-shaped feet that
audiophiles use?? i've heard from some that it's BS and some
that there's some mechanical principle behind it, like a
'mechanical ground' analog of an electrical ground... the last
time i was in a hi-fi shop the guy working there told me that
sonically they 'tighten up' the sound and you get better bass
response etc. i've also heard others say that it eliminates
resonances within an enclosure or on a circuit board, but isn't
this such a tiny fraction of a wavelengh to do anything? a 60Hz
bass fundamental is about 3k miles long, so spikes on your 19"
wide amp isn't going to do anything about bass resonances...just
wondering if anyone knows for sure... :]  

l8r..Nick

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