Interesting discovery when my carpets were cleaned yesterday!


I have some bookshelf speakers that sitting on some Dynaudio Stand 20 speakers stands. They are each filled with 50lbs of lead shot and my speakers are attached using some blue tack stuff (it helps hold them in place kind of like mounting them with screws). 

Anyways, while having the carpets cleaned I removed the Dynaudio spikes that came with the stands so that the speakers would be easier to move around as a whole because they weight 110lbs-ish each. 
When the carpet guy was done we put the speakers stands on some foam blocks to keeps them off the wet carpet until it dried. 
Later that night after getting the speakers dialed back in (I have certain measurements to get them back to where they were), I kept the foam blocks on the stands until I know they were right. 
Well, it actually sounds better with the foam blocks than the spikes. So now I’m on the hunt for something to actually use instead of the spikes. 
My room is carpeted  with carpet padding underneath on a second floor (a wood sub floor). So I need the ability to lock them down so they won’t get knocked over as I have a five year old. 
I’m not sure which type of feet I should use. Should I isolate or what what?
I don’t think I’d spend tons of money on something like this but I want to see what you guys would say. I’ve looked at the Gaia II feet and although they seem to come recommend I would prefer not to see them being silver in color...don’t know. 
Ideas?
todd1010

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I’m might try my OEM spikes with some penny’s while I wait on the herbie items to arrive. 
What about some 16”x16” solid granite placed on the carpet and then use something?
Responding to someone that asked why it sounded better...When I say that it had a very distinct center imaging (I checked to see if some how my center channel was on...it wasn’t). Now this could be that the speakers were slightly different than before but I have a laser level that produces lines for me to get my speakers exactly back where they were. I have specific measurements that sound superb to me for my room. 
Mostly the imaging was better and instruments were very defined. 
Mitch, 

The Gaia II’s are a front runner for my choices but I just fell like it’s expansive for what it is. I’m not saying they aren’t worth it I just feel like I may be able to obtain something doing the same sting for a lot less. Trust me, I called my local store about ordering them until I realized all they had in stock was the silver ones and if I were to buy them it would be the black chrome ones. 

I did find these interesting at a fraction of the Gaia II’s but don’t know anything about them. 
https://www.everestaudio.com/Soundcare-SuperSpikes-Standard--Set-of-4-Spikes_p_31.html


Well guys/gals I purchased the Gaia II's along with the carpet spikes and I'm very impressed with the quality of the products and overall the sound in general. 

One thing I noticed is that I have a couple of go to songs that I generally play at (on my system & room at -25db) and noticed immediately that I actually raised the volume higher than I normally do by about 2-4db. 

Although these things are nice...very nice! My big complaint about them is that they make my speakers about 2" higher than before. Its something I could probably get used to but the other thing is that they are very noticeable items and actually bulky for my tastes. I would rather not need to see them at all. 

Given all that, I just don't believe they check all the of the boxes for the price point of these things. I mean if they sounded overwhelming of what I had/have, looked almost invisible, and didn't raise my speakers a couple of inches I'd keep them. 

I actually just put in my order for the Herbie's Spike/Decoupling Sliders. So we'll see how these things go. 
I did order the Herbie titanium spike/decoupling sliders and this way I can use my OEM spikes and still keep them at the current level   
I'm not sure if I’ll like the herbie items better but I’m willing to give them a try. 
I do know this...in relation to the isoacoustic feet and the carpet spikes. I absolutely did not like the way it made my speakers sound. It sounded distorted or messy. I removed the spikes immediately as it was very annoying to listen to. Made my ears hurt.