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My Snell CVs are about 100 lbs each. My hardwood floors are covered with a wool rug and pad. Currently I am using a set of aluminum Tiptoes I have had for about 20+ years.

The Tiptoes are not threaded they just sit under the speakers. I am not sure they are really coupled to the floor that well. They are going thru the rug and pad but is that enough?
I do have two marble slabs that could go under the speakers.

Should I place the marble under the rug? or on top of the rug? I am also wondering about gluing the Tiptoes to the bottoms of the speakers for a better connection.
Or should I just make some threaded DIY spikes and forget the Tiptoes?
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inna
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Well, more often than not turntable and speakers require different approaches though there might be similarities depending on each particular case and sound preference. It is always hard to guess right, usually some experimenting is in order. For example, I like both Polycrystal and Audiopoints brass spikes for the speakers, but there is small difference; overall I prefer the former with my particular speakers for most recordings I listen to.
So how will your Snells react? Who knows?
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blueskiespbd OP
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I will now see if I can turn my wool rug to free up wood floorspace. then I can just spike the towers into the wood.
The floors are heart pine and 2 inches thick tounge and groove. Since the house was built in 1841 that wood must be from virgin timber 200 yrs old.
As for the
TT I am working on reinforcing and cross bracing the lead filled steel legs with threaded steel rods.
inna
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Yeah, but not all spikes are created equal; cheap small steel spikes is never the best idea.
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blueskiespbd OP
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hmmm. the spikes I have are 2 inch aluminum cones made by Tiptoes. How much difference could there be if I change to heavy expensive brass spikes?

Since the speakers are 100 lbs each I would think that the psi at the tip is very high.
inna
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Don't know, never tried aluminum. You could also try some inexpensive, about $10 each, German made steel cones that are sold by Musicdirect. They are not spikes though and have no thread. You can send them back if you don''t like them. Get the bigger ones if you decide to give it a try.
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