Speaker spikes vs. wood floor

RE: Speaker spikes vs. wood floor, posted on November 3, 2009 at 08:09:39
vad69 Audiophile Posts: 188 Location: no. california Joined: May 23, 2004	i spent about $20 on Home Depot's board chunks of maple that i put under the speakers. They also cut it to correct dimensions.

Boards worked for me too..., posted on November 3, 2009 at 08:18:15
jimbill Audiophile Posts: 1155 Location: Texas Joined: May 31, 2004	Plus it makes it much easier to adjust placement. Prior to the boards I had quarter size discs that would occassionally slip out from under the spikes when I tried to make adjustments.

These spike discs are very affordable..., posted on November 3, 2009 at 07:18:34

tketcham
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The link at the bottom is for discs that are $2.00 per disc.

If you want something more "upscale", the Audio Points brass discs can be found here:

Audio Points discs

Tom

Brass and Granite Audio - Brass floor pads

I just use pennies under my spikes. Works well... nt, posted on November 2, 2009 at 14:52:56
Dman Industry Professional Posts: 3844 Location: Southern Ontario Joined: January 28, 2001	nt "We ask our artists to be true. Actually, we demand that our artists be true. When poets, storytellers, & singers lie to us for money, our culture is diseased & in decline." -Robert Fripp

1 inch slabs of quarry stone, posted on November 2, 2009 at 10:23:56
Hyfi Audiophile Posts: 481 Joined: January 30, 2002	I isolate my speakers/spikes from floor by placing slabs of Granite-quarry stone down first. It also helps with bass by decoupling from the floor.

RE: Speaker spikes vs. wood floor, posted on October 31, 2009 at 22:44:54
Sunya Audiophile Posts: 386 Joined: July 11, 2007	Maybe some spikes shoes?:)

Herbies has these which I've used..., posted on October 31, 2009 at 18:25:26

clio09
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Scroll down the page and you"ll see a few types. Also, Sound Anchor makes some nice discs too.

Herbies Audio Lab

Yep, posted on November 1, 2009 at 03:46:27
mt10425 Audiophile Posts: 1211 Location: midwest Joined: January 23, 2004 Contributor Since: March 7, 2009	I use the big fat dots under my speakers on a hardwood floor. "Apparently, people now believe that mental telepathy is the foundation of communication and magic is the source of daily events. Consequently, we no longer have to participate in our own lives."

"Keep the wife happy today", posted on October 31, 2009 at 16:28:22

Craiger56
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See link

http://www.audiogon.com/cgi-bin/cls.pl?accstwek&1260289475

Agree; larger and better..., posted on November 3, 2009 at 11:58:24

Duster
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...quality coupling disc than the smaller sized Yung coupling discs. I found the low-cost Audiogon sourced product to be a rather fine option if more specified coupling discs such as those available from Audio Points, Herbie's Audio Lab, etc. are not required/desired.

http://www.audiogon.com/cgi-bin/cls.pl?accstwek&1260289475

what i did was ..., posted on October 31, 2009 at 15:36:34
woober goober	3-4 fender washers per spike, however many required so when you set a spike on a pile of them the spike does not touch the floor. glued them together with appropriate bonder (jb weld) and tacked a felt chair pad on the bottom (peel off for the sticky side). i spray pinted them black before i stuck on the bottom pad. The pads even make it easy to push them around the floor for positioning.

RE: Speaker spikes vs. wood floor, posted on October 31, 2009 at 13:52:03

joetech
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Assuming you can't remove the spikes, one way would be to place something between the floor and the spikes such as thick rubber. I use to work for an industrial supplier that catered to the stamping industry. I have some thick (1" and 1.5") rubber 'sheets' in the basement I have cut and used for various thinks (like a motor mount). These come in large sheets and can be cut to order. Such companies will also have urethane 'Springs' that are cylinders of urethane with a core taken out. These come in various densities and colors. If you live anywhere near an metropolitan area I'm sure there are a few stampers and their suppliers.

RE: Speaker spikes vs. wood floor, posted on October 31, 2009 at 13:55:21
Capt. Z Audiophile Posts: 612 Location: South Carolina Joined: February 13, 2000	You always can place a penny under each spike.

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