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Best vibration isolation for speakers on carpet?

Hi All,

 

So I am awaiting my new Revel Performa3 208's and I'm tired of the normal spikes that come with speakers. No matter what I do I can never seem to get them all level. My carpet is medium to a bit on the thicker side. Any help on carpet spikes or any other ideas on how to isolate the speaks but also so they'll finally be balanced? Granted it's not like any of my towers have ever been in danger of tipping over, but I've never been able to get them all level. 

 

My dealer said at 80lbs the Revel's should be fine on carpet without spikes but I want to get this right from the get go? Any help/advice is greatly appreciated-thank you!

kingbr
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fuzztone
5,502 posts
 

If you are adventurous try Townshend Seismic Bars.

Less money, more work to set up (especially on carpet), same results.

Lyiyk

Not too hard to adjust tilt to maximize the elevation of the listening perch and the acoustics of the room.

 

mglik
888 posts
 

+1 

Townshend-the bars are not as stable as the podiums but cheaper and almost as good.

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carlsbad
1,551 posts
 

Townshend podiums. I would say they were the purchase the surprised me the most with how much improvement I got.

edit:  btw, podiums are the opposite of spikes.  spikes anchor the speakers to the floor to deaden the vibrations of the cabinet.  Podiums isolate the speaker from the floor and let it vibrate at the excitation frequency.

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bigtwin
1,130 posts
 

+1 for the IsoAcoustics Gaia footers with Gaia carpet discs.  Have used them on a couple different speakers with excellent results.  The carpet discs have spikes that secure to the floor.  The isolator feet sit on the discs and provide vibration control.  

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