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Speakers on carpet or bare floor?

I moved my floor standing bass reflex 3 ways from a bare floor to a carpeted room and noticed much softer vocals but also a softer (wooly?) bass. I have been supporting the speakers with furniture cups. Will stands firm up the bass without losing the softer edge on the vocals? You can see my system on the bare floor
under budget systems, "my NADS". Thanks
garn509
bjesien
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You might find that nuts or balls sound best...sorry, I have that juvenile thing too. What about spikes, or I had great success with symposium svelts, although they will run around $350 used. I also have some of those square cork things with the rubber on the outside laying around here somewhere. I don't remember what they're called but PM me if you want them cheap.
garn509 OP
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Bjesein, My speaks are "old school" with woofers near the bottom, spikes won't raise them enough. I'd like them to be at least 3 inches off the floor.
bjesien
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Have you played with tilting them upwards or placing them in a different position? The carpet probably has less to do with it than the room dimensions. It seems like you are dealing with different overall acoustics more than speaker height.

Grow some nuts and move them around. :)
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phasecorrect
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I prefer clean bass so spikes is my two cents.try parts express
garn509 OP
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Bjesein -- You are on to something. I thought the carpet might be softening the bass, but also, it is a larger and higher ceiling room. The system is now situated at one end of a ~24x14 sunroom with a mansard roof ceiling and glass on most of three sides. The speakers are tilted upwards with two furniture cups under the front of each.
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