@vinylvalet Not an opinion. Re-read my post. It is backed by science. Where is the evidence for your opinion?
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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@clearthinker My ears. Also, the Credo video also shows some compelling scientific measurements/evidence. The science you cite is correct. The audible effect, if any, is outweighed by other science (energy transfer). If you want to couple your speakers to the floor, that's fine by me. |
@vinylvalet. @clearthinker is absolutely correct. Any movement of the speaker enclosure is distortion. This occurs mainly in the bass. Put your hand on the speaker while playing a bass heavy number. That vibration you feel is distortion. The floor to the speaker is analogous to the tonearm to the cartridge. The floor has to absorb the energy transmitted by the speaker without reflecting it back. Admittedly, some floors are better at this than others but, that is a floor problem not a speaker problem. All Speakers producing bass have to be anchored to the floor. Any other approach is absurd. The OPM should take this into account and anchor his speakers to the floor. If the spikes are too short to make it down to the floor then you need longer ones. If you feel uncomfortable doing this yourself find someone that is not. I would gladly do it for you if you live in New England. |
My speakers are Hartley Reference, yes the one with the 24" woofers (each powered by ARC SS amps running as mono blocks in a tri-amp system). They weigh about 300 lbs each. I use teflon footers that are about 1.25" in diameter so that I can move them without tearing up the new heavy duty vinyl plank flooring over concrete. As an experiment I balanced a nickel on edge on each speaker. Actually I thought that they wouldn't last one listening session. Well to my delight and amazement they remained exactly where I put them for over a month. Okay enough already, I got tired of looking at them. Just one guys experience, couple...decouple...whatever sounds best to you. Regards, barts |
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