How thick is your carpet and what is your definition of "enough"?
If this doesn't work for you, can you not cut the spikes off with a hack saw or something similar?
Towers will never be rock solid.
Spikes on tower speakers
This is my first post here, just getting involved in the earlier stages of serious stuff. I recently bought a pair of Piega p4L MKll speakers. They sound great, at least according to my perhaps unsophisticated ears.
My question/problem: The speakers have spikes on them that cannot be removed because the previous owner glued them to the base. Becaue of the spikes, the speakers are very unstable on the carpet in my listening room. I need something that the spikes will go into so that the speaker towers will be more stable. So far, neither plywood nor small metal speaker spike pads have worked. Am now considering carbon speaker spike pads and hockey pucks to get the spikes into and then a bigger base, such as wood or even granite/marble.
I would greatly appreciate any suggestions that would solve this problem.
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+1 @toro3 Pick up a couple slabs of granite or marble from Home Depot and put the Herbie’s Puckies on top. But, if you can afford them, Townshend Seismic products would be all you need and likely greatly improve your sound — read the reviews… https://jaguaraudio.com/product/townshend-audio-high-capacity-seismic-isolation-pods-set-of-4/ Best of luck. |
Great to hear all the advice to stand the speakers on granite or marble. Way to go guys. I have been advocating this all over here. But do you have a wooden suspended floor under your carpet or concrete. If you have wooden, go with the stone stands. If you have concrete, try to get your spikes to go though the carpet. If they won't move perhaps turn them out with big grips and replace with longer? |
I think the first thing I would do is contact the previous owner of the speakers and ask why the spikes were glued on and what type of adhesive was used. This could give you a clue as how to remove them. It sounds like, more than anything else, your issue is with leveling them, which is why most spikes are threaded into the speaker bases. I'm guessing yours may be stripped or non-existent. |
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