Studio Monitor Isolation Pads - Suitable for 6.5"- 8" inch Speakers - Large Isolation Pads Fit Most Desktops - High-Density Acoustic Isolation Foam - Angled Speaker Foam Stand - 2 Speaker Pads

I'm gonna review these Monitor pads like it's 1999, so sit back and chill for a moment while I reminisce. So I mix tracks for a living...I have like 10 million views just on YouTube from the tracks I've mixed with these bad boys (Yamaha HS8's). Between that and the demos I've recorded for professional song writers, the master tracks I've mixed for myself and others I just know how these speakers sound, and how a mix will translate into other speakers and listening environments. What the hell even is a "demo" anymore? Everything has gotten so good for home studio owners that if you're really good...it is a master. Hell, some "home studio" mixes sound better than ones that come out of major studios. Some major records ARE done with a blend or tracks recorded at home and major studios etc. My point is that home recording stuff has come a long ass way and many times sounds better than the major records heard back in the day. Don't get me wrong, they made some great tracks back in the day too. Queens Bohemian Rhapsody was done on tape and they bounced those vocal parts so many times that they say the tape went CLEAR. That mix turned out amazing and I doubt they had their monitors on pads, but I could be wrong. So it's not always the equipment but the artist and talent using it. That has always been my perspective so for a long time I was hell bent on NOT popping for 30 bucks worth of foam. I just wasn't persuaded that they were the missing secret ingredient in my Grammy Award winning mixes. I've always been a cowboy for the most part and I've relied on my talents, ear, and instincts to get a song done with whatever I had. I just did my best and it usually turned out. I've always done really well with very little, so I have always thought of these kinds of things as somewhat wasteful and costly accessories. Nylons and a wire hanger will get you a popper stopper that's just as good as the ones they sell for 30-50 bucks or more right? In fact, I think they made their own popper stoppers for the Michael Jackson "We are the world" record they made with everyone back in the day. Those are expensive AKG C-12 mics too. My point is...put your money into the stuff that really matters and don't let stuff like this eat into your budget too much if you still need other things that will help your mixes more. Sure they're only 30 bucks but I know how this stuff can add up. Same thing with foam on your walls. Put up moving blankets etc. and spend your hard earned money on the stuff that really makes the most difference in your musical process, like a good Mic and pre....then a powerful Daw like Logic pro X....Pro tools...Cubase...Studio One...Reaper etc. and fill it with Waves and UAD plugs. If you're not there yet, just use folded towels under your monitors in the mean time if you're strapped, and when you get the important stuff covered, THEN move into this kind of stuff. But Just remember, some of the best recordings are done in cabins, and, just crazy places with weird acoustics and sounds. Speaking of which, as a side note, Billie Eilish's brother Finneas who produced all of her tracks talked about how they recorded all of their stuff on an Apollo rack system in her small bedroom with an Audio Technica 2020 for "Ocean Eye's" and over the course of time he got so used to recording and mixing with the sound of that small room that it really screwed with him when they recorded in some big million dollar studios with different sounding environments. It was almost like it was the wrong template, or soundscape for him to create songs in his mind. He was used to the quirks of the room he recorded in. This happened with Dave Grohl too. He bought that Neve board from Sound City when they went out of business because SO MANY amazing records were made on it, and when they put that board in his private studio, it DIDN'T SOUND THE SAME. Sure it sounded ok...but the magic was gone IMHO. I was really disappointed. My point is you get used to a certain sound when you mix on your own stuff in your own environment. And without using any pads I've done that. I've seen monitor pads in more than a few high dollar studios, not to mention in some stuck up studio owners places and I figured they worked, but I think I placed them somewhere along the lines of putting an egg crate mattress cover on your closet walls for a vocal booth. Almost like a gimmick, but not quite. I just figured if your mixes suck it's not because you don't have these pads. They certainly make you look cool, but I kinda pride myself on not going caring what people think, and I hate the expensive accessories and gimmicks people push on audio people so maybe that's why I didn't get them for a long time. I just figured they weren't going to make that horrible song you recorded with audacity and nasty plug ins sound amazing. But on the positive side, if you have some good stuff rolling in your studio to create, capture, and mix your tracks at a high level, then feel free to get these pads because they do help. There are no doubt many great artists and engineers who will genuinely find these pads helpful for their mixes. I immediately noticed the music became clearer and each instrument became more isolated from each other and sat in it's own space in the mix better, as opposed to vibrating through the desk etc which muddys up or interferes with the sound, even with certain frequencies that seem imperceptible until you notice they're gone. These pads seemed to clean up the stereo field and allow for a better sound stage and articulation too. It's pretty surprising honestly. I didn't expect them to help this much. You can adjust these pads a few ways in order to set your monitors at the perfect listening height and angle and that's cool. I'm going to keep making small adjustments over the course of time until i find exactly what works best for me, but even that slight 1.5 to 2 inch lift has changed the sweet spot and how I listen to them...which is good...and bad. Good in that it's cleaner, but with the changes it'll take me some time to settle into them. They thump tighter and better on the low end than before and the bass doesn't create any dissonance or vibrations that compete with the song, or anything that gets in the way of actually hearing your mix. That gives a cleaner sound, and you end up with a cleaner mix. When you don't have all of that mud and buzzing in the sound, it makes room in the mid range and top end to shine through so things don't get lost in the process. It almost sounds like you're listening in a sound proofed room to some respect. I'll have to keep looking into more of this stuff. It's fascinating to me. I would totally do it again and not think twice about it. In fact I wouldn't mix without them now....so that should say something. 30 bucks won't make or break you, but it does seem stupidly steep for foam. But I guess we've all spent more than 30 bucks on overpriced crap before right? Apple anyone? And it's not that they aren't great products, it's just the price for what you're getting seems wrong, and that's how this foam feels. You almost feel like a sucker for buying them. Like they owe me a sandwich or something due to the price. Lol. They should be like 15 bucks, and that's why I pushed back on them for so long. But now that the pain is over and I pulled the band-aid off.....I won't have to do it again. So in the end...Great product, does what it says...no regrets. Don't expect miracles, you still have to know how to mix a track, but having sound pads is something I wouldn't do without after experiencing them and gives you that little extra something. I should have done it a long time ago and I think you'll feel the same way. Wishing you the best of luck with your tracks. Music on.

I picked these up for my KRK Rokit 6" monitors. They sit on top of the foam nicely with maybe a half inch to an inch around the edge to spare that I'm sure you could trim off if you need the desk real estate. Foam is nice quality, stiff with a little give. Tightened up the bass/mid bass frequencies and reduced the sound vibrating through my desk considerably. This also seems to let the rest of the frequency range come through a little cleaner. Has made mixing my music and videos that little bit better that we're always clawing after. But just music playback on Spotify sounds a little cleaner as well if you're more of a listener than a creator (or do both). Happy with the purchase and would easily make it again.

As a general rule, isolation pads are WAY overpriced. While saying this is a great price for pads, I also think it's appropriate for shaped foam. All that said, these work GREAT for a pair of large Lone Pine LP6 studio monitors positioned on the desk. With the pads, there's no vibration on the desk (and I'm an elbow leaner so I know!). They were a little larger than the monitors (surprisingly), so I took a chance and tried my hand at trimming them a bit with a razor. Fairly easy (and successful) surgery and they look as good as they function. Highly recommended.

Upon placing these under my Kali Audio LP-6 monitors I noticed that they were very large, both in width and length. They exceed the width and length of my particular monitors but the quality is top notch. The foam is very dense and there are several height angles you can configure with the 2 different shaped pads. These pads have a brand but the brand is not labeled on the pads, I happen to like this, they are blank and you don’t have to worry about a distracting label brand on the front of the pad. The size of the pads don’t bother me as well, if and when I plan to upgrade my monitors to a larger size speaker, these pads are large enough to accommodate up to an 8 inch monitor atleast. Overall, you pay 20 bucks and change for a very good quality pair of monitor pads that will absolutely last you years givin proper care, highly recommended.

For few cut pieces of foam these are expensive but hey, they do the job. I was a bit skeptic to be honest but the difference of having my monitors directly on table vs. on top of these was bigger than I expected. Just wondering if ANY kind of de-coupling your monitors from hard surface would have the same effect... with possibly lot less money.

Isolation pads seem to work well, I use them on metal stands so hard to know if they really help the sound, but most likely they do help I suspect. I just know my V8 KRK studio monitors sound fantastic. Nice pads, plenty of support, strong.

Found these and thoughts they might help improve my audio, the pads work great and are very effective in reducing vibrations. definitely necessary for anyone who takes his set up seriously. For me, the sound improvement is very noticeable. Pros: - Feels like a quality productת very dense foam. - Reasonably priced. - Works wonderfully. Cons: - Non that I can think of at the moment. Conclusion: - Exceeded my expectations, would recommend!

It's a simple product, it would be hard to mess it up and these work perfectly. One very nice feature is the fact that the pad is in two angled pieces. Put them together one way and the surface is completely flat, put them the other way and it tilts at an angle. This is useful if your desk or speaker stands are a bit too high or low. All in all I would definitely recommend buying these over the insanely overpriced name brands, there's no reason to spend a lot and these are very good quality.

I would recommend them and buy them again

It's a great product. Work's very well with the monitor stand.

Foam insulation pads appear to be of medium density but not compressing or yeilding, each one of my two speakers weigh almost 4kg each. Not sue id this padding will "turn to dust or start crumbling, with time, so far they have ben sat on by my speakers for a month, and I have not noticed or seen or vacummed up any shedding of dust from the material. Does the job for the asking price.

As advertised