Interesting discovery when my carpets were cleaned yesterday!


I have some bookshelf speakers that sitting on some Dynaudio Stand 20 speakers stands. They are each filled with 50lbs of lead shot and my speakers are attached using some blue tack stuff (it helps hold them in place kind of like mounting them with screws). 

Anyways, while having the carpets cleaned I removed the Dynaudio spikes that came with the stands so that the speakers would be easier to move around as a whole because they weight 110lbs-ish each. 
When the carpet guy was done we put the speakers stands on some foam blocks to keeps them off the wet carpet until it dried. 
Later that night after getting the speakers dialed back in (I have certain measurements to get them back to where they were), I kept the foam blocks on the stands until I know they were right. 
Well, it actually sounds better with the foam blocks than the spikes. So now I’m on the hunt for something to actually use instead of the spikes. 
My room is carpeted  with carpet padding underneath on a second floor (a wood sub floor). So I need the ability to lock them down so they won’t get knocked over as I have a five year old. 
I’m not sure which type of feet I should use. Should I isolate or what what?
I don’t think I’d spend tons of money on something like this but I want to see what you guys would say. I’ve looked at the Gaia II feet and although they seem to come recommend I would prefer not to see them being silver in color...don’t know. 
Ideas?
todd1010
The IsoAcoustic Gaia feet under my speakers have the "smoked" chrome finish so they are more subdued in appearance than the plain chrome finish version. They have performed exactly as well as their reviewers stated they would too. Imagine that.

Mike
@glupson Phase Technology Speakers PC 3.5 according to Virtual System listing. 38lbs. 4ohms.
I started my decoupling experiment a little over a month ago as documented in this thread:
https://forum.audiogon.com/discussions/decoupling-speakers

Currently, I have in my room, Herbie's Giant Fat Gliders under my two large subs (about 150 pounds each), Herbie's Giant Fat Dots under a multi-support system for my monoblocks (about 110 pounds each, and springs under my two large stand-mounted speakers (about 175 pounds each, including the stands).  I am still trying the various options but all of those sound better than my former spiked set-up.

There are many purpose built products at a wide price range and, as you found out, there are also options to accomplish decoupling relatively inexpensively:

Springs:
Elastomeric materials:
  • Sorbothane (check out IsolateIT!)
  • Silicone (check out Hudson Hi-Fi)
  • Herbie's dBNeutralizer footers (dots and gliders)
Isolation Pads:
  • Closed Cell Foam or Cork Isolation Pads (check out Diversitech)
  • Owens Corning 705 DIY (similar to EVP Isolation Pads)
  • Hockey Pucks 
Air Spring
  • Air Bladder under a platform
Regarding springs, I have found loose springs to work quite well (similar to Townshend products) when they are,
  • properly sized for capacity and stiffness, 
  • properly positioned under the equipment based on the center of mass, 
  • damped - I cover them with heat shrink, which provides damping and a padded top and bottom so equipment and racks are not scratched, and I put a hole in the heat shrink to allow air to release from inside the spring without creating an air lock (do not use adhesive lined heat shrink)
Good luck