Depending on your desk, room, speaker placement issues, etc. etc., have you considered a wall mount?
Biggest Baddest Spikes Vs Gorgeous Speakers
Having used floor standing planar speakers for years, I am still learning about the bigggest baddest spikes and isolation devices for monitor type speakers.
Unfortunately, the cherry wood cabinets of one pair of my other speakers - Epos M12's - were badly scraped and scuffed by the spikes which emerge from their stands after someone bumped into them.
For a new pair of desktop nearfield monitors, I would like some big, bad spikes to
1) buy more audio gear
2) decouple the monitors from my desktop and
3) tilt them back a bit for more of an on axis response
I like the look of chunky inverted spikes and isolation cones, but have found that balancing disks in between the spike and speaker is a bit precarious. In fact, this way I managed to scratch yet another pair of speakers when my three point spike set up toppled onto the desk top.
I thought about glueing or using a vibropod type device in the two rear corners, with an adjustable metal spike in the front center.
But others have suggested that the rubber and vinyl devices will also discolor the cabinet's finish over time.
What is the best way to protect the cabinets while also retaining a rigid coupling?
All tweaky, geeky, and/or exotic suggestions greatly appreciated.
Unfortunately, the cherry wood cabinets of one pair of my other speakers - Epos M12's - were badly scraped and scuffed by the spikes which emerge from their stands after someone bumped into them.
For a new pair of desktop nearfield monitors, I would like some big, bad spikes to
1) buy more audio gear
2) decouple the monitors from my desktop and
3) tilt them back a bit for more of an on axis response
I like the look of chunky inverted spikes and isolation cones, but have found that balancing disks in between the spike and speaker is a bit precarious. In fact, this way I managed to scratch yet another pair of speakers when my three point spike set up toppled onto the desk top.
I thought about glueing or using a vibropod type device in the two rear corners, with an adjustable metal spike in the front center.
But others have suggested that the rubber and vinyl devices will also discolor the cabinet's finish over time.
What is the best way to protect the cabinets while also retaining a rigid coupling?
All tweaky, geeky, and/or exotic suggestions greatly appreciated.
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I assume you've considered the Mapleshade Bedrocks(?), but that's what immediately comes to my mind. Spikey and chunky, to be sure. I've got one for a center channel speaker, and it is a lot more secure that I would have originally thought (solid as a rock, actually), but that could likely change a bit were it standing tall rather than lying lengthwise. They've even got spikier and chunkier options, if called for. |
mezmo Thanks - have been using Vipropods in the 2 rear corners but only just for a few weeks. So no slimy mess yet, but will take them away tonight. I also bought an inexpensive set of "Isopods" which feel more like sorbathane than vinyl. But I was a little afraid to use those, unless I kept the paper sticker on them as a barrier, in which case the whole thing would be unstable. Yes, the Maplesshade set up is close to what I had in mind, albeit more expensive and a bit more elaborate. Is there a good way to get a chunky spike like the one in the pictures underneath the leading edge of the speaker without damaging the cabinet or finish? |
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