Spike or decouple ?

I found that the Kharma speakers I now have, although they have a very sophisticated set of spikes on a platform made by the company to be attached to each speaker, were bested by placing the Aurios Pro's under each speaker. I am a big fan of the Aurios, and have a set under most of my components. I have consistently found them to be better than spikes of all kinds, including triple points, racing cones, etc.

For every action there is an equal and opposite reaction... Conventional wisdom would hold spikes are usually the correct answer because they resist the speaker cabinet effort to move in reaction to the driver action. Most lose of detail in highs or lack of tightness in the mid to bass regions is due to speaker movement. I have tried a lot of things and spikes have worked best in my situations. I have read a recent article though (can’t find it to ref. It here) in Hifi+ that showed some promising results with non-spike methods for particular speaker designs but I would find that the exception rather than the rule. Try it out. Happy listening!

Theoretically I think spikes are the best for speakers,
rigid coupling so the drivers can operate securely...
decouple everything else.

Will