hardwood floors and spikes

If the floor is a wood joist suspended type you might want to put the speakers/spikes on a harder, more inert surface like granite or for a cheap fix some concrete flag-stones from home depot at about $5 per. I found the wood floor acted like a resonating board for the bass frequencies and found the concrete helped. (best results though were with the concrete spiked and the speakers on aurios, but that was getting elaborate.) Stay away from rubber based footers as they compounded the bass-boom tremendously. (at least in my case.) Good luck. Oh yeah and don't forget the wool carpet.

Ok here's my two cents,,,,,,,,literally!

I had the same problem a few months ago with my Klipsch speakers. I found the cheapest solution to the problem. I put a penny under each spike. The whole tweak cost 8 cents and it didn't affect the sound at all.

May sound kinda cheesy, but hey it worked!

good luck

Cone coasters by Sound Anchor. Nice looking stainless, with a small divot for the spike and stuff on the bottom so you can slide them around easily when you need to.

Depending how heavy your speakers are and how hard and pointy your spikes are they can go through a thin piece of metal like a penny.

Tell ya what you do...

Find the precise location that you want your speakers, make sure you lift them and set them down, you dont want to scuff your floor.

Then once they are in the perfect spot, take out a hammer and wildly start pounding on the top of your speaker(this is especially fun with martin logans) This will gently nudge your spikes into the hardwood floor and make sure that they do not move around and scratch the surface.

Slappity Slap!