Casters to replace spikes

esthlos13:

I have a pair of Wilson Audio Alexia and I had them on the casters for quite a while, ever since the Dealer dropped them off and set them up, and the left them on the casters. Later on I conjured up the courage to put them on the Wilson's spikes that the speakers came with. In so doing I noticed that the bass was missing and at that point I went and got two JL Fathom subwoofers to enhance the bass. They did such a fine job that I got complaints, These subs are quite powerful. What I did next is to eliminate the subs and got Isoacoustics Gia Titan speaker isolators for the Wilson Alexia. I had some issues with the screws and lugs at first because I got the wrong ones. I waited a few weeks before I got everything in order. And I must tell you that it was worth the wait. I waited almost 4 weeks before I made any public comments about the results I was getting from my listening sessions after I installed the Gias. It was unbelievable, I didn't expect such a difference. The bass was punching, soundstage was wide and focused; everything sounded just like I wanted it to sound from the beginning. I waited 4 weeks, just listening to the system every day to see if anything would change. In the past I got expensive interconnects and the system sounded great but after a few days it wore off and I could not recover the initial experience. So after installing the Gia Titans, I waited just to make sure that what I was hearing is really what I heard from the the start.

So my advise it to take your speakers off the spikes and get some speaker isolation feet instead. At least try it, because everyone's setup, hearing, etc. is different.

@almandog I sounds like moving from casters to spikes was a downgrade in your experience. Then moving to isolation feet had the effect of returning to the caster-sound plus some? Or did the Gaia's just get you back to were you started?

It's my experience that using isolation feet is a giant improvement vs resting the speaker directly on the ground. I use Herbies Gliders now, but Gaia's were my other option. I haven't tried the Gaia's yet. 

Hello, I have Omicron accessories under all my stereo system. Better performance than spikes, no way, at all! Carefully you can move/adjust the position of your stuff without scratching the floor.

I could really do with some castors or something that makes it easier to move my speakers that are on extremely heavy sound anchor stands. My wife like to put them back against the walls when i am not using.  The issue i have is they are almost too high as they are (in terms of tweeter level, sitting position).  Any suggestions greatly appreciated.  Cheers

I've used 14" square plant rollers from Amazon. I've never put more than 60lbs on them but they work well under that weight. I put a layer of 1/4 inch neoprene and a piece of 1/2" MDF on top. It raises them about 3".