Are concrete floors really better than wood floors?
Concrete floors and suspended wood floors each have their own set of properties and issues which present challenges for proper vibration control. Concrete floors are solid slabs which would seem to restrict floor-borne vibration created by the speaker and air conditioning or heating systems from reaching the audio or video equipment. But concrete, although massive and strong, does not dissipate vibration. In fact, because it is very rigid, it transmits vibration quite readily into the bottom of equipment stands and up into the components themselves. Suspended wood floors are typically not very rigid. Wood flexes easily, absorbing and then releasing energy such as vibration, and as we all know, wood resonates. The vibration created by the speakers and other equipment transfers quite easily into audio and video components. Vibration control platforms which use compliant, energy absorbing materials will be quite able to eliminate the vibration traveling through either a concrete or wood f
