Audio Points between monitor and stand?

Try it, what have you got to lose? Just remember that if the speakers aren't directly coupled to the stands, you have two choices.

First, if you use the coupling discs to protect the stand, will the speaker walk on the stand, or is the speaker's mass great enough to keep this from happening? You don't want it walking.

Second, if you don't use the coupling disc to protect the stand so that the points dig into the stand and couple, is that okay with you?

I did this with my B&W Silver Signatures, but they were coupled to their slate stands with screws. I loosened the screws to allow the points and discs to do their thing and the screws prevented any walking.

I started with the small points too, but ended up with the 1" or 1.5" points before I stopped.

Also, are your speakers threaded and maybe your stands threaded where you could screw the points into the speakers and the coupling discs into the stands to get a better coupling? Look at my current setup, the points are screwed into the bottom of the speakers and the coupling discs are screwed into the top of the stands.

It might be worthwhile to take advantage of Ray's kind offer and borrow some points and discs to try.

Good luck!
Chuck

I just reread your post and see that the speakers are bolted to the stands.

One possibility is like I did with my Silver Signatures, let the bolts hold the speakers in place while the points and coupling discs do the coupling.

The other might be to screw the points and the coupling discs into the threaded holes for the bolts, like my current setup.

Chuck

Thank you Ray and Krell for your replies.

Thank you Ray for that most kind offer. I am considering several of his products, any of which I can return if not satisfied. So i'll be ordering the small ones to try on my mains, along with other larger ones for other gear.

Krell - good idea. I will use the bolts to keep the speakers in place, just won't tighten them down too much.

Has anyone seen my monitors on their stands? Not typical stands. If unfamiliar with the Fontaines, please see my system for reference. I have more of a concern placing anything between my monitors and their stands, designed to fit as one piece, more like a floorstander. Were they typical monitor/stand combination I would not be so concerned.

It will be interesting to see how this turns out for you.

If the speaker is heavy and the stand is heavy, you'd think that having them bolted together would just be creating one heavy and solid speaker. Then it would seem like just having spikes on the bottom of the stand would be sufficient.

It most certainly is worth trying the points between the speaker and stand to see what happens. A lot of times, what appears logical ends up not being the best way at all, and experimenting like this brings grand results.

Let us know how everything turns out.

Chuck

Chuck, what benefits did you notice after putting yours on the points right beneath the speakers?

I'm contemplating doing the same thing with the bigger Mapleshade footers.
My speakers (Merlin TSM's) don't have screw holes in the bottom, but I think they're heavy enough to keep from 'walking' around. Plus, I have homemade wooden speaker stands (multiple 4 x 4's), so the points will dig in a bit, but I'm okay with that.

Do you see any potential problems with my plan?

Thanks,
mike