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Out on the tiles...with speaker spikes.

I've just recently moved into my new house, which is entire tiled. I want to continue using the spikes my speaker and stands have, but don't want to scratch the tile.

I know several companies make little 'feet' to go under the spikes. Does anyone have any experience with these? Which ones seem to be the best as far a keeping the speaker stable, not raising them too much and obviously not damaging the tile??

Thanks for any help you can give me!
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bishopwill
369 posts
 
I second TWL's motion for coins or hockey pucks. No need to spend a lot on tweaky stuff. One friend bought round lamp finials made of chrome plated steel. The tips of the spikes dropped into the threaded hole and the overall effect was to protect the floor with a distinctly high tech look.

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mwilson
430 posts
 
I used a spade bit to cut a depression into the middle of a hockey puck, and dropped the cone-point's floor disc into that, so that it was flush with the top of the puck. That gives you a little more lift, and makes the floor disc a larger target, so it is much easier to position under very heavy speakers. Looks fine and works great.
judit
217 posts
 
Twl has the expensive version.($.25). I use Nickels, and for some things pennies.
lugnut
1,190 posts
 
The Linn products are called Skeets. They work well but are, as usual, overpriced. Coins are a great idea and if you use pennies, the spikes will put an indentation in the copper and you can then slide the speakers for minor adjustments.
edesilva
768 posts
 
I'd actually recommend staying away from coins... I had a pair of ProAc RS2s on sand-filled Target R4 stands and the spikes punched through the coins I used... The ProAcs probably weighed, what, like 30 lbs, figure 75 lbs for the stands, maybe 25 lbs of sand (I'm guessing here), so less than 150 lbs total. Nice clean holes right through to the floor, as I discovered when I moved.
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