Do you use spikes for tile/marbel floor?

I am new at this high end audio stuff. Are speaker spikes recommended for tile/marbel floors? Or makes no difference.

Thanks - Louis

ldo_marlin03-06-2002 7:24pm

redkiwi Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 1,092 posts 03-07-2002 at 08:31am Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete It depends. My Martin Logans prefer brass spikes into brass cups and my Thiels prefer thin nylon washers.
brf Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 1,715 posts 03-07-2002 at 02:30pm Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete Replace the spikes with Black Diamond Racing Cones. The BDR cones will not harm your floor and will allow your speakers to reach their full potential.
lak Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 4,580 posts 03-07-2002 at 01:12pm Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete I prefer to use a brass coupling disk that can be found at: audiopoints.com mine have worked great on hard wood floors, concrete, and the bottom side of my stereo components where the point of a spike meets the bottom of the equipment.
griswold Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 22 posts 03-07-2002 at 03:19pm Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete If you have the option flip your spikes over and put the rounded end on the floor. This has worked well on my pergo and slate floors.
elb Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 100 posts 03-08-2002 at 06:00am Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete What about using spikes on a regular wall to wall carpeted cement floor? That's what I do. Is this a good thing? I have heard that it is and that it isn't.