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How to stabilize speakers without spikes.

My wife won! In the interest of domestic tranquility I have relented. After living with carpet over wood floors and spikes on my speakers for many years, my wife wants to have a wood floor (maybe tile) installed in our house. I've always used spikes in my Vandersteens (2Ci) to stabilize them with a slight front tilt upward. What would you pros do now? As always, thanks for sharing your knowledge.

Tom
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rlwainwright
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>> What would you pros do now? <<

Ummm, get a new wife? Just kidding. I'd find some spike cups and place them under the spikes.

Keep in mind, replacing your carpeted floor with a hard-reflecting wood or tile surface is gonna do a number on your sound. Be prepared to dial it in again...

-RW-
newbee
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Try some hockey pucks. Cheap & effective.
bookert2896c OP
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Thanks RW. Concerning the hard, reflective surface, that has been my argument all along. Now that I've lost, I'm already composing my second question about that once the new floor is in.

Tom
bgpowell
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Many people just use a nickel under the spikes to keep from marking up the floor.
Ben
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warrenh
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Two different applications: hockey pucks = decoupling/isolating.
spikes = coupling

I love the results from coupling and it is much easier to achieve than isolating/decoupling--which is near impossible, especially from airborne resonances. I'd keep the spikes and put a penny or the like between the spike and the floor. Brass is an excellent coupler.
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