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Safely spike your speakers to any type flooring.

post #1 of 5
1/18/11 at 1:58pm
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I found a website that sells marble and concrete speaker stands or plinths. These allow

you to take advantage of spiking your speakers with out damaging your floor @ www.2ndflooraudio.com. I have carpet, but whats nice is I purchased the optional spike kit and they installed the threaded insert for free. (I've tried drilling into marble and wasted a lot of time and money on diamond bits.)  If you have wood or laminate floors you can get the deluxe spike kit that has a deeper divot and would be nearly impossible to knock out and cause damage to the floor or just use their attached pad with no spikes. First, I already had my speakers spiked through the carpet, but when I used these stands I found more bass, bass accuracy and a more defined sound-stage. My system never sounded so good! It's super easy to level the stand first then put your spiked speakers on the stand. Their a lot more stable than they were, and I found it's easier to change toe-in and position for personal listening and for when I have company. The marble looks great (the wife likes) and improved my sound, these are great for some one who cant make their own and they offer a less expensive concrete style too. 

 

 

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post #2 of 5
1/18/11 at 4:12pm

A penny works pretty good too, and if its new and untarnished it matches our hardwood.

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post #3 of 5
1/19/11 at 2:06am

Or try the Soundcare integrated spikes+cups.

As for the slate; I use a nicely painted sidewalk concrete slab, costs €1,50.

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post #4 of 5
1/19/11 at 9:44am

first post? really? i smell fishies

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post #5 of 5
2/2/11 at 10:42pm

Big Honkin' Spikes--Uncommonly Cheap

 

I am not connected with this fellow other than that I bought some of these big spikes in a fit of upgrade-itis. 

 

A few years back, I spent about $75.00 on "crafted" sold brass spikes with floor dimples.  The brass cones are *tiny* and they lifted my Aerials about 1/4" off the hardwood.

 

'So I thought I might plunk down $120.00 on some outrigger supports.  I'd heard that they are not only more stable but that they achieve sonic enhancements, **blah-blah** [easy target--I won't bother].  I got close, and then I realized that I didn't want to spend that kind of money on fancy railed spikes.

 

So I compromised with myself and got the big spikes above for $20 + shipping.  Be warned: the screw posts are very large.  They wouldn't fit in the little rosettes that the brass cones had gone into.  Then I found yet another evidence of Aerial's high quality construction standard: the Model 7 bases actually have 2 sets of 2 different gauges of screw mounts.  Three of the big new spikes (they reverse to solid flats) fit in three rosettes per speaker (I have 2 spikes left over).  I carefully brought the two-ways upright.  Now the speakers had been raised by a full inch.  I won't claim that these well-machined aluminum and steel components are as massy as brass, but they are still significantly heavier than the brass cones.

 

And--it was the damnedest thing--but after I'd wiped off all the old dusty bunnies from the bases, there *was* a clear improvement of clarity and upper bass.  It's not magic--the heavy speakers were elevated off the floor, better decoupled, and the bass just had more clearance.  But it was as good a tweak as getting new cables.

 

These things are nice quality and deadly cheap, so if you're thinking about some sort of speaker spike, and the holes are big enough, this is an easy decision.  It is without doubt the most value-efficient tweak I've found in the last few years.

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