Positioning B&W 802’s with spikes in hardwood?

you need something like a transmission jack, a friend to hold them steady.

roll in place, lower them down.

Yeah was hoping their was a simpler solution!  How do other people manage this?  Surely not everyone gets a transmission Jack to spike their large speakers with precision!  
 

Just learned about Herbie’s decoupling gliders.  Claim that leaving the gliders in place with the spikes improves sound.  
 

Anyone have any experience with this?  I like the major sound improvements when spikes go direct into the floor, so hopefully this approach could even be better?

I’m going to try these that not only make it a cinch to move speakers but several people much prefer them for sonics over spikes…

https://herbiesaudiolab.com/products/threaded-stud-glider

Not the best sound.  Consider Townshend outriggers (aka seismic podiums).  Instead of anchoring your speaker to the floor and making it try to excite vibrations in the wood, isolate it on springs and let it vibrate as it was designed.  As a physicist, this is my preferred option.  I was quite surprised by the magnitude of the change.

I would consider Isoacoustics Gaia feet.  First use sliders to position, then remove the sliders and keep them on the Gaia's.

I would spike them into a cutting board/wood base plate. 

I’m going to give Herbie’s a shot.  It seems that almost 100% of people who post about them are very happy with them, say they are the “best tweak” available etc, and they make speakers easy to move, permanently.  Plus, they are half the cost of  Isoacoustics, which I don’t see written about as much as Herbie’s.

If it we're me, I would put mark the placement of the speakers by way of blue tape, measurement from side wall, whatever..., place the spikes, tip the speakers back upon metal discs made for spikes. You can move the speakers some this way and can easily tip the speaker to remove the discs two at time.

@nyev Could you possibly share your impressions when you get them installed and have a handle on what improvements they make?  I’m planning on getting them in the near future so would be good to hear from someone here with a good system.  I’d love to put Townshend platforms/podiums under everything, but with two kids headed toward college that’ll have to wait. 

@soix , will do! 

I use these on my signature 702’s Isoacoustics GAIA’s