Auralex MOPAD Monitor Isolation Pads; 1- Set of MoPADs in Charcoal

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Product Features

• Provide sonic isolation between your monitors and whatever your monitors are resting on, INSTANTLY improving the accuracy of your entire monitoring system.
• MoPADs are affordable, easy to implement and really effective at decoupling your monitors from your room and all its contents
• Each MoPAD Unit is 12"x4" with a Weight Limit of 100lbs.
• 1- Set of MoPADs in Charcoal
• The included wedge piece allows you to tilt your monitors or speakers forward or backwards up to 8 degrees!

Product Details

• Item Weight: 2 pounds
• Shipping Weight: 12.8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S.
• Shipping Advisory: This item must be shipped separately from other items in your order. Additional shipping charges will not apply.
• Note: Gift-wrapping is not available for this item.
• ASIN: B0002D0B4K
• Item model number: MOPAD
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #143 in Musical Instruments (See Bestsellers in Musical Instruments)

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Product Description

From the Manufacturer
Your loudspeakers are the most critical components you use to verify the quality of your work. No matter how good your mixer, mics, preamps, cables, and other pieces of gear that you've invested in, you're not truly hearing what your recordings sound like until you isolate your monitors from their environment.

This is where the Auralex MoPADs come in. MoPAD Monitor Isolation Pads provide sonic isolation between your monitors and whatever your monitors are resting on, INSTANTLY improving the accuracy of your entire monitoring system.

MoPADs are affordable, easy to implement and really effective at decoupling your monitors from your room and all its contents. You've gotta get some! Until you do, you'll never know what your recordings really sound like.

Dimensions: 12" long x 4" wide; Weight Limitations: 100lbs.

		MoPAD monitor isolation pads are shown under NS-10’s on speaker stands. Even on typical speaker stands, MoPADs optimize the performance of your reference monitors.
		Even low-budget computer monitors can sound cleaner, clearer, and more articulate with a set of MoPAD monitor isolation pads.
		This image shows the ability of MoPAD monitor isolation pads to angle your reference monitors at your ears.

Product Description
Your loudspeakers are the most critical components you use to verify the quality of your work. No matter how good your mixer, mics, preamps, cables, and other pieces of gear that you've invested in, you're not truly hearing what your recordings sound like until you isolate your monitors from their environment. This is where the Auralex MoPADs come in. MoPAD Monitor Isolation Pads provide sonic isolation between your monitors and whatever your monitors are resting on, INSTANTLY improving the accuracy of your entire monitoring system. MoPADs are affordable, easy to implement and really effective at decoupling your monitors from your room and all its contents. You've gotta get some! Until you do, you'll never know what your recordings really sound like.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Does what it's supposed to., August 15, 2008

By	G. Smith "Philistine" (Longmont, Co United States) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

My desk used to act as a low-frequency resonator, tainting my mixes and attracting dangerous spirits. Now it's like my monitors are floating above my desk. I no longer hear my desk playing my music, even with my ear to the surface!

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Not really what I needed, April 6, 2009

By	Jim Collings - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

I originally got the pads to change the angle of my monitors and point them more towards my ears. For this purpose they are kind of ugly and I eventually found some very small speakers stands that just raise the speakers up 4-5". With my setup, I could not hear any benefit when using the pads vs not using them. I was using with a pair of 8" m-audio 8X8a speakers that were just sitting on a wooden desktop. The speakers come with a very small isolation pad.

5.0 out of 5 stars Great for home theater, June 6, 2009

By	David C. Snyder (Alpharetta, GA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

Home theaters with front projection screens have a problem. For best sound, the center channel speaker should ideally be placed in the center of the screen. Unless you can put it behind the screen (an expensive option), the center channel speaker ends up on a short stand below instead. As a result, the sound is somewhat chesty; any floor covering eats the highs while emphasizing the bass and mids.

The Auralex MoPADs are a cost effective solution for safely tipping the center channel up towards the listening position and have the added benefit of decoupling the speaker from the stand. The result is open sound that closely matches the front speakers. Have a look at the two photos that I posted to see how we use them.

Highly recommended; however, unless you have two theater rooms, you'll have an extra pair of pads since the package comes with four.