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 our proprietary “V-Material.” This superior constrained-layer damping composite is unsurpassed in vibration absorption and resonance control.
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 at the very small ends of the spike tips, produces significant PSI levels 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 must pass through the V-Material to have a chance to influence the enclosure.
Keeping the spike and threaded post separate prevents a direct path for vibrations to travel or interplay, so they are 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, while preventing energy transmission from the floor to the loudspeakers.