Speaker shock absorbers

Why aren't you using spikes? Do you imagine most speaker manufacturers include them for decoration?
Spikes actually 'decouple' the speakers from the low-frequency structure-bourne feedback able to be carried in most timber-framed floors. These large-wavelength low frequencies are unable to 'cross-over' the tiny contact points of the spikes. Any rubber or foam you introduce between the floor and the speakers will simply ' bounce' with the feed-back induced movement of the floor and if anyone out there considers 'moving' speakers to be a good thing, they may not be the best people to listen to?

Halcro - I am well aware of spikes and have used them - that was not my question - your answer is non-responsive to my question and, hence both irrelevant and of without value to me. My question was simply where people who had used the method that I described found their materials. If I cared about what someone thought of my proposed method I would have asked a different question.

I've a pair of DIY "minitowers" at the crossover design stage and will place them atop stereo subs. While I don't listen at high volumes, absorbing any sub vibrations is a concern. I bought two sorbothane sheets (which cover the entire bases of the towers) from Edmund Scientific for decoupling. Of course the clear plastic protective sheeting on either side of the sorbothane will stay in place so as not to ruin the veneers with "sorboleak". We'll just have to see if it does the trick...

The Equarack footers would be perfect. I'm using them under a large subwoofer to isolate it from the floor and the surrounding electronics. Dramatically effective. Works better than any other homebrew or store bought remedies that I've tried. Gets rid of false resonant information from the sub. Increases real definition and eliminates resonant contamination bleeding through to the electronics. Sounds like this is pretty much what you need.

Maybe my experience can illuminate the question whether to spike or not. During a long audiophile life I have vacillated between spikes or more pliant shock absorbers (SD-feet from Sweden, the Base Platform from Norway and Valhalla Technology from Denmark). All had their advantages, but the main problem was that they made the speakers wobbly and the sound muddy. So I always returned to spikes. So a few weeks ago I by chance discovered Equarack speaker mounts (from the US). I ordered eight of these and put four under each of my Vienna Acoustics Beethoven Concert Grand speakers. Suddenly everything fell into place: natural, smooth, free flowing music but with tight bass and sharp transients. I can`t recommend them highly enough ( I am certainly not paid by the producer to say this!). So this might be the "final solution"! So try them.