Footers under new speakers


Hi , I’m seeking advice regarding footers and/or platforms under my speakers. I purchased Tekton Double Impact’s and have heavy shag carpet and padding over a cement slab floor. House is 35 years old, cement is thick and well cured. I’m from that old mindset of spikes into cement and I am looking for an improvement. I’ve looked online at Gaia footers and Herbie's Studded Giant Gliders. I emailed Herbie’s and specifically inquired about the studded gliders alone on the DI’s over carpet. I asked about stability and was told the speakers were “ heavy enough “. Unfortunately I just set up the DI’s temporarily to get a little break in time. They are without any footers upright on my carpet. At 115 lbs the speaker does about zero to compress the carpet. I understand weight Vs footprint is abysmal but they won’t even stand straight. I’ll probably put the spikes on for a bit until I formulate a plan. But my first concern is that Herbie’s gliders alone are not enough and due to the minimum cost of the speakers I am struggling with purchasing Gaia’s footers and footer spikes. The seismic stands look exceptional, but I’m trying to be frugal. So I’m looking for suggestions like, gliders or dots with or without spikes on wood / stone plinths spiked to the floor. My goal is to try some sort decoupling (Gliders / Springs / Dots) AND eliminate the need of having to rely on the carpet being compressed. And yes I have cheap speakers and seek a cheap solution, so I get that limitation. Unfortunately I can’t afford Tannoy’s or Fynes to compliment my 180 watt tube mono blocs for at least a year. Cheers , Mike B. 

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Showing 3 responses by trecool99

@pcrhkr Precisely why isolation or vibration control devices may be robbing you of that bass sound/feel that you may like.  The claim is to clean up and make bass more focused but at what cost? Sure measurements can show a frequency response but how do you measure weight and impact?

Looking forward to hearing how the Tough Nut cylinders work out.  

Not sure if anyone has posted this yet from the Audiophilliac but provides another interesting and subjective perspective.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XAOD3aUfIYQ

Despite all the vibration and isolation benefits of all these solutions may provide including the tightening of the bass from boominess, my only requisite is not to lessen or diminish any bass weight or impact to my sound.  

@prof My point exactly as I posted before when it comes to bass density and punch.  Do you have a picture of your setup?  Which spikes did you use under your marble platforms on carpet?  Sounds like you gained quite a bit of height with this setup?