Pads or Spikes?


Perhaps you can help?

Quite a few currently sold speakers utilize four spikes on the bottom of the speaker. I have a tile floor with a large area rug. My speakers however are on the tile. The question is are speaker pads better than spikes? If so, what brand of pads are recommended? Thank you!

lovehifi22

Years ago our living room was on a ground level concrete slab. Spiked feet on my heavy speakers worked great. My current living room is a suspended frame floor with carpeted sheathing.... the same spikes on the same speakers just exaggerated the resonance of the floor, and bass was boomy and ill-defined. Spring pucks worked much better in that situation. YMMV. As @hilde45 says, "do something" and see....

Leave original component footers in place. Put lead bricks (with self-stick vinyl bumpers attached) atop components. This is by far the most silent option I have tried.

+ Townshend Podiums seem to sonically be the best closely followed by GAIA footers.

+3 Townshend Podiums. I have them under my main speakers.

Coupling speakers to the floor is one of many silly audiophile myths.

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