Hello Playpen,
We would highly recommend removing the spikes and placing brass cones (partial to our designs of course) at the base of the speaker system. You will hear much more of what your brass tension technique is capable of in performance. The results will be extremely audible as a higher speed mechanical grounding pathway for resonance transfer is formed based on the material change and geometry of the cone in comparison to the spike you currently have in use.
Not quite sure if the material used by the speaker manufacturer holding the spike connected to the speaker chassis is made of plastic or what the material is. If it is a polymer, you may want to experiment replacing those with brass configurations as well. The addition of a more resonant conductive material (brass) providing the thread inserts connecting the cones to the speaker enclosure will ‘yet again’ pick up more of the highly audible performance that your “out of the box” innovation methods are delivering. Very cool thinking and application of resonance management.
You may consider using brasses made in the USA compared to imports as the metallurgy is far more reliable and is extremely significant when applying this material to musical reproduction products and processes - not all brass is or sounds the same.
Wishing you the best success with your discoveries and designs.
Robert
Star Sound