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Audio Points between monitor and stand?

Speakers are EgglestonWorks Fontaines. The originals, which are two-piece: monitor and stand bolted together. I am curious about small brass feet/spikes which drain vibrations from audio gear (Audio Points from Star Sound Technologies) placed between the monitors and stands. (I’ve witnessed their products in action on another’s system, though different application – thus my positive interest. ) Star Sound recommends me placing three of their small points (approximate diameter = one dime; height = three dimes) between my monitors and their stands.

1. Has anyone done this with Audio Points or other product on their Fontaines or other speaker/stand combo?

2. Any reason why I should not try this with my specific speakers?

Thank you
rockadanny
krell_man
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I just reread your post and see that the speakers are bolted to the stands.

One possibility is like I did with my Silver Signatures, let the bolts hold the speakers in place while the points and coupling discs do the coupling.

The other might be to screw the points and the coupling discs into the threaded holes for the bolts, like my current setup.

Chuck
rockadanny OP
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Thank you Ray and Krell for your replies.

Thank you Ray for that most kind offer. I am considering several of his products, any of which I can return if not satisfied. So i'll be ordering the small ones to try on my mains, along with other larger ones for other gear.

Krell - good idea. I will use the bolts to keep the speakers in place, just won't tighten them down too much.

Has anyone seen my monitors on their stands? Not typical stands. If unfamiliar with the Fontaines, please see my system for reference. I have more of a concern placing anything between my monitors and their stands, designed to fit as one piece, more like a floorstander. Were they typical monitor/stand combination I would not be so concerned.
krell_man
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It will be interesting to see how this turns out for you.

If the speaker is heavy and the stand is heavy, you'd think that having them bolted together would just be creating one heavy and solid speaker. Then it would seem like just having spikes on the bottom of the stand would be sufficient.

It most certainly is worth trying the points between the speaker and stand to see what happens. A lot of times, what appears logical ends up not being the best way at all, and experimenting like this brings grand results.

Let us know how everything turns out.

Chuck
m_snow
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Chuck, what benefits did you notice after putting yours on the points right beneath the speakers?

I'm contemplating doing the same thing with the bigger Mapleshade footers.
My speakers (Merlin TSM's) don't have screw holes in the bottom, but I think they're heavy enough to keep from 'walking' around. Plus, I have homemade wooden speaker stands (multiple 4 x 4's), so the points will dig in a bit, but I'm okay with that.

Do you see any potential problems with my plan?

Thanks,
mike
krell_man
827 posts
 

Mike,

I can't honestly say that I noticed anything that I can comment on.

Remember, spiking the speakers does two things. First, it couples the speaker to the stand which hopefully is coupled to the floor. The second, the speaker is being raised the height of the spike changing the speaker to your ear, and in essence the sound.

In your instance with your wooden speaker stands, what you'd be doing is in effect, the same thing as placing a component on Mapleshade footers on one of their Samson platforms. That's a good thing and definitely worth trying to see if you like it.

Chuck
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