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So......what do you use under your speakers?

Looking to replace the stock spikes on my new speakers (Vivid Audio) that will make improvements in sound as well as give me a little more height. I have a commercial grade carpet over concrete with no padding. Not really looking to alter any frequency range but wouldn't mind general overall improvements in clarity, imaging, etc. I have been looking at Eden Sound Terracones, Stillpoints and Wave Kinetics. Price is not a deal breaker. TIA.
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geoffkait
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Tbg - I especially liked the one that had no resonant frequency. Was it the Halcyonics? :-). Myself, am having quite stellar results isolating printed circuit boards from transformer vibration, isolating/damping the transformer, and such. Big. Big, big.
tbg
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Geoffkait, Yes it was the Halcyonics which electronically cancelled the vibrations sensed but only up to about 300 Hz. The StillPoints standoffs also work quite well.

I can only imagine what music reproduction would be like were there no vibrations affecting the signal path, including those originating in it other than music sources.
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Tbg, if we could electronically cancel vibrations we wouldn't have so much difficulty in observing gravity waves.
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So......what do you use under your speakers?

Gold coins below speakers and heard the improvement immediately. I prefer
Krugerrands from South Africa ...superior Bass reproduction with a shiny top range. Their elastic damping factor is unique. High End done right.
tbg
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Geoffkait, canceling is a loosely used word. Reducing them at certain frequencies is the reality. Isolation is essential for the "magic" sound stage that I am hearing, but I realize that it is only improved isolation.
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