Spikes are used by severly disordered teenagers to mutilate themselves. Audio addicts call them carpet piercing pointed footers for use with speakers or if used for supporting a component they are called cones or cone footers.By themselves they are relatively inert . When vibrated they have a resonance frequency. The idea is to direct the vibration energy to a specific spot the the spike provides it then travels in one direction only. That would be away from the audio gear they are attached to or supporting into the flor or other platform where it will disperse.
Newton said this is not the way things work but I sure do like them myself. They are appealing aesthetically.
Sonically the only tweak that made a true difference for me so far and I am a beginner in this area oif isolation or coupling or both, was to rest my very resonant preamp on a closed cell viscoelastic non composite foam. this being a non truth because the foam rested on a slab of thick butcher block edge grained supported itself from another such platform by neoprene rubber and cork composite sandwiches termed isolation blocks. The whole shooting match was left on a very low resonant and unresponsive concrete floor not painted or polished so reflection is not a major issue.
The sound was now much less echogenic and the repercusive "grunge" was removed or you might say deadened by this contraption. It thereby allows the music to sound clearer and better focused while still miraculously retaining enough reactivity to yield the pleasant harmonics that are deservedly sought after.
Its a fine line between too much and not enough . In fact there is a childrens tale about some bear family etc. Ultimately again moderation is the key.
In your case if you are using thin top heavy speakers and your spikes are tall without the use of outrigging support, the speaker will some day get bumped into and the Kit and Kaboodle will tumble in the direction Newton would have predicted it would, gravity will guide the speaker floorward. No I don't use that brand but do have a WAF system with carpet piercing shrply tapered cones but have helped to avoid a messy decent tweeter forward by filling the secret ballast compartment with very small entirely steel encasulated lead balls.The compartment has stayed closed for about 7 years with no leakage. It is safe to assume that the kead contained in the steel speres will not penetrate the walls of the wall that surrounds them. I have found some copper coated steel spheres to draw off EMI and RFI. I had intended them for the Sanbox I paid timbernation to make for me months and months ago. I am still waiting!
Newton said this is not the way things work but I sure do like them myself. They are appealing aesthetically.
Sonically the only tweak that made a true difference for me so far and I am a beginner in this area oif isolation or coupling or both, was to rest my very resonant preamp on a closed cell viscoelastic non composite foam. this being a non truth because the foam rested on a slab of thick butcher block edge grained supported itself from another such platform by neoprene rubber and cork composite sandwiches termed isolation blocks. The whole shooting match was left on a very low resonant and unresponsive concrete floor not painted or polished so reflection is not a major issue.
The sound was now much less echogenic and the repercusive "grunge" was removed or you might say deadened by this contraption. It thereby allows the music to sound clearer and better focused while still miraculously retaining enough reactivity to yield the pleasant harmonics that are deservedly sought after.
Its a fine line between too much and not enough . In fact there is a childrens tale about some bear family etc. Ultimately again moderation is the key.
In your case if you are using thin top heavy speakers and your spikes are tall without the use of outrigging support, the speaker will some day get bumped into and the Kit and Kaboodle will tumble in the direction Newton would have predicted it would, gravity will guide the speaker floorward. No I don't use that brand but do have a WAF system with carpet piercing shrply tapered cones but have helped to avoid a messy decent tweeter forward by filling the secret ballast compartment with very small entirely steel encasulated lead balls.The compartment has stayed closed for about 7 years with no leakage. It is safe to assume that the kead contained in the steel speres will not penetrate the walls of the wall that surrounds them. I have found some copper coated steel spheres to draw off EMI and RFI. I had intended them for the Sanbox I paid timbernation to make for me months and months ago. I am still waiting!