Gopher: I did not like sound of druid on spikes in carpet. My room eats enough bass as it is, this made things much worse. I did not get the "more planted" sound that Phil refers to, my bass was just even more eaten.
I also cannot tell you what wood planks I put them on. I cannot say if it was seasoned maple, norweigen birch ply, or high-quality MDF held together by glue made from thoroughbread stallions and the prayers of buddhist monks. It was just planks for hard wood I had lying around and I use it. Another benefit of the wood was that it made moving the speakers very easy, something that is quite hard with big spikes.
If I try this again in the future, I am interested to see what an even denser material like stone might do over wood. I think it is density of material that may be having effect, not "firmsness of planting". What is driving my thought here is how speaker sounds different put on slab floor instead of raised floor with cavity underneath.
And good job finding right position for supertweeter. This made big difference for me as well, and as you see, it makes you rethink what else you need to change in your playbacks!
Mike_cole: I mostly listen at lower volumes, sadly. I would like to play loud more often. They do very well at low and high volume, if you have sufficient watts.
I also cannot tell you what wood planks I put them on. I cannot say if it was seasoned maple, norweigen birch ply, or high-quality MDF held together by glue made from thoroughbread stallions and the prayers of buddhist monks. It was just planks for hard wood I had lying around and I use it. Another benefit of the wood was that it made moving the speakers very easy, something that is quite hard with big spikes.
If I try this again in the future, I am interested to see what an even denser material like stone might do over wood. I think it is density of material that may be having effect, not "firmsness of planting". What is driving my thought here is how speaker sounds different put on slab floor instead of raised floor with cavity underneath.
And good job finding right position for supertweeter. This made big difference for me as well, and as you see, it makes you rethink what else you need to change in your playbacks!
Mike_cole: I mostly listen at lower volumes, sadly. I would like to play loud more often. They do very well at low and high volume, if you have sufficient watts.