Mapleshade boards under speakers

Good thread ... I tried an experiment the other day: I have (and love) a pair of Legacy Sig IIIs. I was using just the speaker spikes driven through the carpet into the wood (raised) floor. I had two 12"x12"x2" marble platforms that consist of two marble slabs sandwiched with dampening material between each slab. I set the slabs on the floor using four of those expensive German brass cones underneath. Then the speakers went on top of the marble slabs using the existing brass speaker spikes. The improvement in the highs and mids were really something ... the best I've had so far. BUT ... there was no bass foundation. I took the speakers back to where they were before and the mids and highs were veiled in comparison ... but the bass was back. So, as as result of this thread, I ordered two 18x15 maple boards from Maple Shade. We'll see what happens and I'll report back. Happy listening everyone.

OK, my unfinished 15 x 18 x 2 Mable Shade maple speaker platforms arrived and I set them up using long brass cones coupling the platforms to the floor through the carpet. The speakers were coupled to the platforms using the speaker's built in brass spikes. The results were not subtle at all. In fact, the system was improved in all areas from top to bottom. All areas of resolution were improved as was the musicality. Voice is incredible. Plucked strings, decay, initial attack a all improved. I'll say with confidence: If you are not using Maple Shade platforms under your speakers, you haven't heard the best your system has to offer. $150.00 for two platforms plus shipping ... a bargain for this type of improvement. Next to come ... a 4" platform finished in rosewood with the heavy brass Mable Shade feet and Isoblocks for my turntable. Stay tuned.

Back again ...

Using the maple platforms under my speakers has transformed the bass response. There is no way I would ever return to the speakers just spiked through the carpet again.

Just as an aside ... Audiogon, please return the font to that previously used before the change. Thanks.