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The web is full of ads disguised as reviews...Spikes will not do as it is a very old beautiful oak floored as reviews. I need iso devices for speakers that weigh 140 pounds each. Set of 4 x 2...anyone that has done this, suggestions welcome.
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You might want to try Stillpoints ultra SS. I have had these under my entire system for over 6 months and the improvement is not subtle.
"The only obligation you have in life is to get through it, everything else is man made and bullshit".
I use these.Any Home Depot or hardware store has them in any size you want!
I wanted to raise my Gallo Ref 3.5's 8 inches and found very heavy and dense ballistic rubber blocks. These are made to stop high calibre bullets. They are very inert, solid and do not move.
The only negative is temporary. They give off an oily smelling gas. I left a window in my dedicated room and a door to the adjoining garage open for a week. I also ran the AC fan for the same period and it all dissipated in that time with no odor since.
I have a porcelain tile floor over concrete. I would not initially trust these on nice carpeting or wood floors. However, a thin wax paper layer between the bottom of the block and the surface should work fine.
For $45.00 per side plus shipping this surely beats any aftermarket dedicated stand costing upwards of $1K!
Sounds like Barney's Beanery....I think that putting these on the oak floors would not, in the long run, be good ....
Someone suggested half a tennis ball under each corner, I will try those before step 2...
I was off on the weight, they are 120 pounds each..
Yeah, anything which contains an oil, sap, etc. is eventually going to leave a stain which you will NOT be able to remove.
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The smell and oiliness disappears in a week. I have had these for over one year and none of that initial residue remains. Someone suggested on another site that leaving them in the sun for a day or two dispels any gas discharge into the air permanently. Of course, I can fully understand why any such product may not meet your specific needs.
This post may prove helpful -
I have used 1 1/2" blocks of Ligum vitae under tower speakers that were around 200lb to good effect. The wood is so hard that it can be drilled and tapped for a machine screw thread and attached to the speaker's threaded studs. Works good under components as well.
Hey LWR,Does the speaker cabinet resonate? Putting your fingers on it lightly, can you feel it vibrating?
If not, you may not have a problem to solve, and you might just want to put something soft and decorative under them to avoid scratching the floor.
But, if so, the equations for determining optimum vibration isolation, given a known object weight and vibration frequency and resonant system, are well-defined. Since I'm in the audio acoustics field, I'd say look in Olson's "Acoustical Engineering". Or, google "vibration control" or "vibration isolation" or such. This is a daily issue for people who put HVAC equipment on/in buildings, isolate microchip wafer fabrication equipment from street rumble, etc.
As result, noise and vibration control engineers are rampant in the world. Every architectural firm either has them on staff or uses an outside consultant. Typically, they'll have a degree in mechanical engineering or maybe physics.
As a sort of "scatter shot" approach, you can just set the speakers on something which isn't good at transmitting vibrations, like a piece of carpet or consumer-oriented broadband absorber or such.
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They work great on my 65 lb ProAcs
I have a couple of Navaho rugs that I will try under and to the front (early reflection control). The speakers do not vibrate, they seem to be mass loaded!!
Surely, you're kidding.
Don't you ever watch Antiques Roadshow?
Personal story: Back in 80s, I taught a computer skills class in Gallup, NM for the BIA. One young woman in the class drove from/to Shiprock every day. Her name is Violet Ben. I bought some of her silver/jade jewelry, which my wife still cherishes.
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these are not the 25K version of Navaho work, they are basically horse blankets we use as rugs...
I do have this Zuni piece, one of 3 made by a Zuni Chief whose name is lost. It is pretty old
A few years ago, on ARS, a guy brought in an old navaho blanket, and it was valued at $500,000 and described as "a national treasure".Be careful with your Navaho and Zuni stuff!
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It is treasured...
Along with the rugs, I hope.
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I'll probably go with those felt furniture protector thingies.
Black hockey pucks are inexpensive and won't slip around on your hard flooring.
I use nylon bolts with the same thread size as the spikes. I just screw them in in place of the spikes. Mine have a round head with a flat screw slot. I got them at a hardware store. They also had the same thing with a bold head which might work better in your case as the head has a larger area. I would use the larger bold head for wood. Mine are on porcelain tile.
How about sitting the spikes on coins. Works for me, but my speakers don't weigh anything like yours.
I use spike sockets, too.
BUT, the ones I get are probably 4$ for a set of 4 because they are a Home Depot item.
Go to the floor / furniture protector section and get the felted tips designed to be driven into the leg of a chair.
They have a brass 'ring' which the spike will sit in and the felt does the rest.
I've been using a set on my Sub for several years now. They are durable but if for some reason you need to replace 'em, they are dirt cheap.
6$ for a bag full.
Too much is never enough
Makes a BIG difference!
They save the flooring.
quite nicely with the floor. I ended up not using the stands on my Monitor audio GS 20s, (quite heavy/small footprint) they sounded similar to when they were anchored via spikes on their little stands.
FTR, love those little floorstanders, especially as speakers in a secondary system.
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tiptoes definitely made a more cohesive and tighter sound, that was on carpets. They actually sound pretty good, especially now that the big screen is in a different room and not looming between them..
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