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Isolation for speakers on spikes

A friend recently gave me some Vibrapod isolation discs to put under my speakers, B&W 704. The effect was amazing, however I believe that by removing the spikes the speakers lost a lot of their quickness, and with some music they sound even a little muddy and dull. I tried resting a board on the pods, and the speakers with spikes on top of that, but that didn't work out. How can I get the best of both worlds--the great isolation benefits but also maintain the quickness and clarity that spikes deliver?
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donbellphd
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So folks, do you put the spikes between the speaker and the slab or under the slab? I have a pair of KEF 104/2s on fairly heavy carpet, and I use 2" hardwood slabs below the speakers, because the front heavy design -- the mid-range and high-frequency drivers are mounted in a separate enclosure that hangs on the front of the main encloure -- makes the speakers a bit unstable on carpet. I bought the KEFs used and notice that they have holes in the bottom presumably to receive spikes. I have wondered about putting spikes under the slabs to really tie things down.

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