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I was very interested, especially with all the talk.   I brought the subject up on the Vandersteen forum site, and Richard Vandersteen himself weighed in.   As with everything, nothing is perfect in all circumstances.  If the floor is wobbly, springs can work, if the speaker is on solid ground, 3 spikes is preferred.
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tomic601
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Heavy…best to study the 7 first.. Re the narrow baffle face…but i passed along your job application, how far are you from Hanford… 2 hot for me..

Hello to rabbit and pup.

Jim
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charles1dad
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"Dear Mr. Richard Vandersteen, Spikes?"

Well unexpected result  or not , in his room with his speakers he said they outperformed the springs. High End audio is curious and simultaneously fun.
Charles 


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tomic601
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Hi Mike - The Wave Kinetics certainly ain’t springs. To me they seem quite similar to some but not all of the engineering in an HRS Nimbus. They claim An 80% reduction in loudspeaker harmonic distortion seems incredible…..can you ask what the test methodology was for that, because, well thats freaking amazing … Are they $1,600 a pop ? i would need 6.  $9,600. How many are you using ?
Best
Jim


perkri
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The logic of springs is an easy one to wrap my head around.

Im building some prototype speakers and getting close to sealing them up. Once I close them up and weigh the complete unit (and find the center of gravity for them) I’ll be sourcing the “correct” springs for them and integrating those directly to the speakers bases.

Nominal cost for something that benefits the end user immensely!



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