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Spikes or rubber feet.

I've got a nice pair of tower speakers that are new to me. They weigh 65 pounds each. They sit on hardwood floors. Currently they have hard rubber feet that screw into the bases. They also came with spikes. Spikes are a no-go for the hardwood floors but the spikes also come with metal disks that sit on the floor and that spikes sit on. There is a cone shaped dimple in the disk that the spike fits into.

Is there likely to be any appreciable benefit to the spikes sitting on disks compared to the hard rubber feet? They are obviously easier to move around with the rubber feet.


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I tried out the differences between spikes and hard rubber pads, also due to oak hardwood parkett flooring in the past. 

The difference with my Burmester 961 speakers (35kg each) was so great that I *had to* go with spikes and that fiddly setup with those dimpled protector disks.

The spikes in these situations are seriously inconvenient but due to the very clear sound improvement a must, as far as my experience goes.

I now could organise two round, polished and baffled granite disks (reshaped from kitchen top cutout left overs) and place the spiked speakers on top of these.

This works really well avoiding floor damage even on tiled flooring.
M. 🇿🇦 
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