Big sub-woofer sitting on carpet HELP

I have the same woofer and I had an unfortunate accident with some brass spikes that I installed. Or may it was the 40 lbs. of lead shot that I laid inside the cabinet. Anywise, I drilled the bottom of the cabinet and screwed in some inserts and then screwed in the cone spikes. One day I was positioning and I didn't lift enough and it ripped one of the spikes out with a chunk of the bottom. As I looked at the material that they used to make the cabinet it resembles crunched up cardboard. It is probably great for sound deadening but terrible for supporting spikes and 110 lbs. of speaker. I repaired the damage with marine resin and bought a set of three huge Maple Shade spikes that have three small spikes on top. They have worked fantastic and I highly recommend them. But bypass the drill and inserting of threaded spikes. Dale

Hello Glen!
I have a Sunfire sub that I have welded a "cradle" for with 4 spiked feet to penetrate the carpet with. I also added another small home made wooden box with 40 lbs of lead shot sealed inside to sit on top of the sub. The combination of the 2 has done wonders for my otherwise not-so-musical sounding home theatre system. It tightens up the bass and makes the sub integrate far better with my other speakers.
The best $30 I ever spent on audio by a long shot!

Glen, are you having a hard time "integrating" the sub with the rest of the system or are you just in the mood to "tweak" ? Sean
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Sean, You know how it is. Your sitting on the couch looking at your system thinking, I wonder what would happen if I did this that or the other. Thanks for all the suggestions. I'm leaning towards the spikes with some top loading. Where does one aquire lead shot anyway? I'm going to check into the Maple Shade product. I'd rather not drill if I don't have to. Please excuse when I said amp in my second post.

You can get lead shot at a reloading supply for reloading shotgun shells. But you must be careful with lead especially if you have kids or small critters because lead is toxic. I sealed up the burlap sacks that the lead shot comes in with wax, ZipLoc's and duct tape. After I had done all this I realized that I should have just bought steel shot. But it worked awesome. You do not need to drill for the Maple Shade spikes because the sub will sit on the three small spikes on top. Those are awesome improvements. You can go view them at their web site. These are massive HUMUNGOUS cones. Dale

http://www.mapleshaderecords.com/