Building upon the research and development of Pedestal, the Special Applications Engineering Team is excited to announce the Wilson Audio Acoustic Diode™ (AD Spike for short). At the heart of the Acoustic Diode is Wilson’s proprietary “V-Material.” This superior constrained layer damping composite is unsurpassed in vibration absorption and resonance control.
OVERVIEW
Loudspeakers interact with their environment in two primary ways. First, with pressure originating from the driver’s diaphragm and second, the vibrations directed into the floor from the enclosure through the speaker’s footers, or “spikes.”
The first is what audiophiles and music lovers hope to experience in its most powerful, engagingly elegant, and intimately emotional ways when their system is turned on. The second is the area of exploration, and the primary focus of the amazingly functional Acoustic Diode system.
Energy from the enclosure migrates into the V-Material where it is faced with the effective damping properties of this efficient material. The mass of the loudspeaker concentrated onto the very small ends of the spike tips results in significant levels of PSI that prevent detrimental vibrations from traveling upward into the footer. Those vibrations that do travel up the spike are absorbed by the mass of the Acoustic Diode and have to travel through the V-Material to have a chance to influence the enclosure.
Keeping the spike and threaded post separate prevent a direct path for vibrations to travel, or interplay, and are therefore dissipated and absorbed in either the V-Material or the footer housing. This distinctive design, combined with advanced vibration-mitigating materials, provides the best of both worlds; a solid base from which the drivers can launch as well as preventing the transmission of energy from the floor to the loudspeakers.
SPECIFICATIONS
- Materials: Proprietary "V-Material” & Austenitic Stainless Steel
- Dimensions: Height = 2 1/32” – 2 17/32” (5.16 cm - 6.43 cm) Diameter = 2 5/16” (5.87 cm)
- Standard Thread Size: ½”-13 or ⅜”-16
