Mapleshade boards under speakers

I finally got around to putting some maple cutting boards (John Boos) under my Tonian TL-D1s and can't for the life of me figure out why I didn't do it sooner.

Italian flagstone was too harsh, bamboo too dulling. Putting metal discs under the spikes relieved some of the dulling effect and brought back the leading edges of the highs but the maple without the discs has the best of all worlds.

I'd like to thank whoever it is who posted on another thread that he put the flagstone under the maple with the speaker spiked to the maple as it's the best combo I've heard yet on my carpeted floor.

This is the most natural and balanced sound I've heard and thank everyone here for your input. I know it doesn't work for everyone since so many variables are at stake but in my case, it's just perfect.

All the best,
Nonoise

Tinkerer that I am, I finally settled on using the small, dime sized discs under the spikes on top of the maple. The mids are still wonderfully fleshed out and the highs have that finer leading edge and trailing off that without the discs seemed to be a a bit diminished. I thought I was hearing things but the final configuration was consistent with all the music I tried.

Well worth the experimentation.

All the best,
Nonoise