Will, while I admit that I generally don't read your posts in detail, as they are typically quite long, most of what I read in your latest post above sounds like "science" to me.  My idea of what science means is that something is reproducible by the investigator and others so long as proper conditions are maintained.  Also, predictions can be made about future performance that can be either confirmed or refuted through experience.  The "experiment" is the final arbiter -- as you seem to be saying.  If something goes against accepted theory then the burden is on the "odd" result to explain why the theory is incorrect.  I don't deny that someone might drop something and have it go up but I'd be skeptical until I proved it for myself.  

Holy crap, that was easy! $1.67 each.




If I only knew someone who could run one of those lathe thingys. That is what they call those machines that go round and round, right?
Maybe make the spikes out of 4140 steel running around 900 SFM with a chipload of around .012"IPR using a DNMG 422 P20 insert, but I really don't know anything about manufacturing stuff. Lol
Edit:
I just found Sorbothane parts just like the rubber one. Maybe combine both together with a male-female pair. I would need to try them with different durometers, but the price looks to be negligible. You gotta love mass production.

I'm going to be trying some spring and MDF isolation platforms once I get my latest subwoofer built. Maybe even try a spring and MDF isolation pad on the subwoofer itself.