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Originally Posted by Martin Maniac
It would be nice if you'd limit the discussions to the original topic of the thread, the Auralex MoPads.
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In all fairness all your room acoustics and room situation are directly related to, and will directly effect how well any attempt at speaker isolation is going to work. And you are the one who linked your sound examples.
And as for isolation the Mopads while they will provide some limited isolation, in that that they do provide if nothing else, a cushioned layer between the bottom of the speaker and the hard surface of the the stand or shelf. Which can't hurt. But they are considered by most professional acousticians to be of limited value towards actual isolation or decoupling.
And just so you know, foam products like Auralex work fine for what they actually do. Which is help absorb and diffuse high frequencies. So it should be understood by you and anybody using or considering them, you are basically addressing 1/3 of your acoustical situation.
And certainly the Mopads improve the look form what you had, and the ability to be a more uniform platform than the foam you had and not have your monitors leaning (as in the photo) and also for angling the speakers to point more directly towards your ears at your listening position , yes they are certainly are fine for that. I was simply pointing out for your knowledge and for the benefit of any reading this thread..... that they are not as good at actual isolation as other products, which are both more and less expensive.
Plus you might consider this, it is not like you can't keep the Mopads for the above reasons and simply now make a solid square (plywood, hardwood shelving or melamine ) to fit the bottom of the Mopads and then get the sorbothane product (I linked) to go between your current mounting shelf and the bottom of the square , which will improve decoupling even more.