Wharfedale used to make speaker boxes which had sand between inner and
outer walls.
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Garth Wood" <garth@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, May 23, 2003 4:58 PM
Subject: Re: [OM] OT: audiophile's news
> At 01:44 PM 5/23/2003 -0700, you wrote:
>
> [snip]
>
> >Real silica sand provides the best isolation. In recording
> >studios we've been known to float rooms on sand AND pour sand in
> >the walls. Twin double-studed walls with 1-2 layers of sheetrock
> >with sand inbetween.
>
> [snip]
>
> >One facility in Nashville has two-feet of poured concrete for
> >the floors. The mastering suites have the speakers mounted in
> >six-foot thick concrete walls.
> >
> >Speaking of suspending... The old WXYZ studios in Detroit (where
> >the Lone Ranger, Sgt Preston, and the Green Hornet originated)
> >were suspended by piano wire. The entire rooms hung by wire and
> >had rubber bumpers on the sides.
>
> [snip] [etc.]
>
>
> I learn the damndest things from this List. 8^>
>
>
> Garth
>
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