I live in earthquake country. Putting ultra-minis under 200 lb speakers does not seem wise for my speakers. My 185 lb speakers rest on four widely spaces metal cones into a 12" thick 3000 lb PSI steel reinforced slab. Vibration is not a concern from below the speakers. I intend to purchase speakers weighing 600 lbs each. No way am I going to mess with the speaker designers footers. The thought of putting something like tiny footers in unfathomable in earthquake country. My other 135 lb speakers also have metal cones but on a 4" thick maple block on a carpeted rug on a standard slab. It has a downward firing woofer (among 3 total) which does not like hard surfaces (metal, granite, etc). that I tried. Maple sounded better than carpet by a tad.
Sure, I put footers under some flat bottomed older two way speakers for my video system that weigh under 40 lbs each and raised them off the floor (which is standard 3 1/2" concrete slab) and that tightened up the soundstage/imaging/bass.
Sure, I put footers under some flat bottomed older two way speakers for my video system that weigh under 40 lbs each and raised them off the floor (which is standard 3 1/2" concrete slab) and that tightened up the soundstage/imaging/bass.