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Leveling spikes for speakers

Lucky me. Nice floor standing speakers sitting on wall-to-wall carpet laid over a concrete foundation. Nice heavy duty brass spikes came stock on the speakers, so everything should be nice and solid. Right?

Well, except that who ever built this place apparently didn't know how to finish the bloody cement! The slightest move in any direction means pulling the bubble level out and re-leveling the speakers. Actually, it's not so bad since the speakers are where I want them.

Except for one thing. The stock spikes are designed with a level floor in mind. Unscrewing them to level the speakers introduces enough slop that they wobble around which is counter productive. Does anyone know where I can get good quality adjustable height speaker spikes or cones?

Oh, the speakers are Hales Revelation Threes and take four spikes per speaker.
fpeel
twl
3,251 posts
 
If the spikes wobble, but there is a decent amount of threaded shaft left in the hole, you can stop the wobble by taking the spike out completely and adding a couple of flat washers that will take up the space. This will allow a snug tightening of the spike against the flat washers and stop the wobble.
lugnut
1,190 posts
 
You may want to ask for AN washers. The AN stands for Army/Navy. These washers are thinner and a smaller diameter than a standard washer and will offer finer adjustment when stacking them. Also, you may want to find half thickness jam nuts. While I'm not familiar with your speakers and the spikes used, I would guess that the spikes thread into an insert on the bottom of the speaker. Assuming you have enough thread to accomodate the jam nuts this should make things more solid once tightened.
doug28450
199 posts
 
Remove the spikes. Get nuts with the same thread as the spikes. Thread the nuts onto the spikes and run them snug tight against the spike. Reinstall the spikes back into the base of the speakers running the newly added nut/spike combo tight to the base of the speaker. Level the speakers by backing the spikes out of the speaker base. Once level, run the nut up to the base of the speaker and tighten the nut to the base of the speaker.

Good Luck,

Doug
erniec
23 posts
 
Frank,

If you didn't have so much free time on your hands you would not have time to worry about this type of BS, furthermore with your engineering background you should be ashamed of yourself. As suggested by the previous response all you need is a small nut that you can tighten against the bottom of the speaker. BTW thanks for your help with my situation

Ernie
marsh
43 posts
 
I think that introducing washers might be counter-productive. If I am understanding the situation, the threads are not tight enough.

Try wrapping the threads of the spikes in teflon tape, available at any hardware store in the plumbing section. This should help fill the gap and who knows we might start a new tweek.
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